St. Lucia; Done from Surveys and Obserations made

by the English whilst in their Possession by Thomas Jefferys

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A desirable large format English map of Saint Lucia, combining fine engraved topography with practical information on plantations, harbours, anchorages, and colonial settlement from British surveys made during their brief occupation. This is one of the principal eighteenth-century English maps of Saint Lucia, based on surveys made during the British possession of 1762-1763. Published in 1775, shortly before Britain again seized the island during the American Revolutionary

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