Antique Map of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Islands by Tardieu, 1802

Name: Antique Map of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Islands by Tardieu, 1802
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13769-38
Price: 625 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1802
Kind: Maps
Size: 41.5 × 56.5 cm (16.3 × 22.2 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with minor age-related wear. Hand-colored boundaries are well-preserved, enhancing the clarity of regions and features. Fold lines as issued. Damp spot at bottom edge. Some wear due to handling and age. Study the images carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti & Dominican Republic), Jamaica, Mexico, The West Indies, Florida
Reference: BG-13769-38

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 Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, an original copper-engraved map with hand-colored outlines, dated 1802 and attributed to Tardieu. The title is boxed at the upper right: "Carte du Golfe du Mexique et des Isles Antilles".

The Gulf of Mexico forms the center of the sheet, ringed by the coast of Florida, here "Floride", along the top, the Texas and Mexican shore at the left, and the Yucatán peninsula and Central America at the lower left. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico are drawn along the middle, the Bahamas and the Tropic of Cancer run across the upper right, and the Lesser Antilles curve down toward the South American coast, which is lettered "Amérique Méridionale", at the bottom. Rivers, coastal towns and small islands are named throughout, and the Pacific, "Mer Pacifique", appears at the left edge.

Tables of leagues and miles fill the lower left corner, and the map is set within a ruled border with meridians measured from Paris.

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