Antique Map of the Antilles by Meyer, 1878

Name: Antique Map of the Antilles by Meyer, 1878
Brand: Meyer
SKU: BG-03437
Price: 100 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1878
Maker: Meyer
Kind: Maps
Size: 24 × 28 cm (9.4 × 11 in)
Condition: Fair. General age-related toning. Defect on folding line, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: The West Indies
Reference: BG-03437

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

The West Indies on a German map titled "Die Antillen", from Meyer's Konversations-Lexikon, the encyclopedia published in Hildburghausen by the Bibliographisches Institut. The sheet is dated 1878 in the catalog and is printed in black with yellow tint along the coasts and island outlines.

The main map shows Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti with Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and the Bahama Islands, with the Caribbean Sea lettered across the center as "Caribisches od. Antillen Meer" and the coast of Venezuela along the foot of the sheet. Two insets sit at the lower left: "Die kleinen Antillen" (the Lesser Antilles) on a larger scale, and a plan of La Habana, Havana, with its harbor and fortifications. A scale of 1:4,000,000 is printed in the box at upper right.

The sheet is an encyclopedia plate in German, with the island names given in the German forms of the day, and it was meant as a reference map for readers of the lexicon.

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