Antique Geological Map of Aruba - Dutch West Indies by Karl Martin, 1888

Name: Antique Geological Map of Aruba - Dutch West Indies by Karl Martin, 1888
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14171-4
Price: 435 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1888
Kind: Maps
Size: 28 × 37.5 cm (11 × 14.8 in)
Condition: Good. Original folding map in very good antique condition. Even age toning consistent with late 19th-century paper. Light center fold and secondary folds as issued. Minor foxing, primarily confined to the margins. Colors remain fresh and well preserved.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: The Lesser Antilles, The West Indies
Reference: BG-14171-4

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A geological map of Aruba, an original color lithograph from Karl Martin's Bericht uber eine Reise nach Niederlandisch West-Indien, published at Leiden by E. J. Brill in 1888. The sheet is titled "Geologische Karte von Aruba" at a scale of 1:100,000 and is lettered "Karte II" at the upper right, with the printer's imprint at the lower right.

The island lies from the northwest to the southeast, with Oranjestad on the southwestern coast and Fontein on the eastern side. The color key at the lower left distinguishes the formations: a wide pink field of quartz diorite across the north and center, brown diabase around Jamanota, small red patches of diorite porphyry, yellow Quaternary formation across the southeast, and gray for the youngest reef limestone, alluvium and dunes, with a dashed line marking the old sea coast. Hills, plantations and settlements are named along the coast and inland. The "Idealprofil durch Aruba, projicirt auf die Linie A-B", with the lengths and heights at different scales, runs across the upper right and shows the rock layers in section from coast to coast.

Martin, professor of geology at Leiden, surveyed the Dutch islands of the Caribbean, and this sheet records his results for Aruba.

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