Antique Map of the Antilles by Pierre M. Lapie, Mid-19th Century

Name: Antique Map of the Antilles by Pierre M. Lapie, Mid-19th Century
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12338-45
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

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Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Kind: Maps
Size: 50.5 × 68 cm (19.9 × 26.8 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, original folding line. Blank verso, please study images carefully.
Places: The West Indies
Reference: BG-12338-45

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 Antilles and the Gulf of Mexico, an original engraved map titled "Carte des Antilles du Golfe du Mexique", from the Atlas universel de geographie ancienne et moderne by Pierre M. Lapie and Alexandre E. Lapie, printed at Paris in the mid-19th century. The coasts and borders are outlined in color by hand.

The sheet is drawn as a broad view of the whole Caribbean basin. The Gulf of Mexico, lettered "Golfe du Mexique", takes up the upper left, with the southeastern coast of the United States and the Florida peninsula along its northern edge. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico stretch across the center, and the Lesser Antilles curve in an arc toward South America at the right, with the sea lettered "Mer des Antilles" and "Ocean Atlantique". Yucatan and the Central American coast run down the left side, and the northern shore of South America closes the bottom of the map. The title stands at the upper right in a decorative script block, and a scale panel sits at the lower left. A graduated frame surrounds the sheet.

Pierre M. Lapie was a French cartographer and engraver, assisted in the atlas by his son Alexandre Emile.

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