Antique Map of the West Indies and Central America by Lowry '1852'

Name: Antique Map of the West Indies and Central America by Lowry '1852'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12593-11
Price: 110 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1852
Kind: Maps
Size: 24.5 × 31 cm (9.6 × 12.2 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, blank verso. Minor wear, please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Central America, The West Indies
Reference: BG-12593-11

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 and Central America, an original map from Lowry's Table Atlas, constructed and engraved from the most recent authorities, by J.W. Lowry, dated 1852. The sheet is printed in black, with the coast of Central America and the island coastlines washed in orange, and carries the Chapman and Hall, London, imprint at the foot.

The title is lettered across the Gulf of Mexico at the upper left. The map covers the Caribbean from the Florida peninsula and the Bahamas to the Lesser Antilles, with Cuba, Hayti and Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands all named, and the coasts of Yucatan and Central America at left and the north coast of South America at the foot. A larger-scale inset in the upper right corner shows Jamaica, lettered "Jamaica on Scale D." Harbors, headlands, reefs and small cays are lettered closely along every coast.

The sheet shows the region as it stood in 1852, with the European colonial possessions still intact. A scale of English miles and a graticule of longitude from west are printed at the bottom.

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