Copper Engraved Grenada Map by John Thompson Published in 1810

Name: Copper Engraved Grenada Map by John Thompson Published in 1810
Brand: John Thomson
SKU: BG-13618-11
Price: 255 USD
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Date: 1810
Maker: John Thomson
Kind: Maps
Size: 25 × 29.5 cm (9.8 × 11.6 in)
Condition: Good. Additions or alterations made to the original: Extended margins on the bottom and right side, support with tape on the reverse. Repaired: One tear repaired in lower left corner with tape on the reverse. Good. A scuffy area in La Grande Baye, but not disturbing. Overal aged related toning. Still
Period: The Early Republic
Places: The Lesser Antilles
Reference: BG-13618-11

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

Grenada on a copper-engraved map by John Thomson, published in Edinburgh in 1810, with original outline color. The title "Grenada" is lettered in a red-framed panel at the upper right, with a scale of British miles and a compass rose below the island.

The island is drawn with its mountainous spine in fine hachuring and shaded sea along the coast. The old French parish divisions are named in capitals across the island: Quartier de Grand Marquis, Quartier du Megrin and Quartier de Basse Terre among them, with colored lines marking the boundaries between them. Bays and points are lettered all around the coast, among them La Grande Baye along the southern shore, and and streams run down from the central ridge. A yellow border carries the latitude and longitude.

Grenada had been French before it passed to Britain, and the French place names on the map still record that earlier period.

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