Set of Four Antique Maps of Caribbean Islands by Bryan Edwards, 1818

Name: Set of Four Antique Maps of Caribbean Islands by Bryan Edwards, 1818
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13306-1-3, -4, -6, -7
Price: 490 USD
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Date: 1818
Kind: Maps
Size: 26.8 × 21 cm (10.6 × 8.3 in)
Condition: Fair. Wear consistent with age and use. Fair antique condition. General age-related toning and scattered foxing and spotting, particularly in the margins. Some minor edge wear and irregularities consistent with removal from the original volumes. The engraved areas remain clear.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: The West Indies
Reference: BG-13306-1-3, -4, -6, -7

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

Four Caribbean islands, an original set of four engraved maps of St. Vincent, Dominica, Barbados and Grenada, published in London in 1818 for Bryan Edwards' History of the British West Indies. Each sheet carries its own engraved title and the name of the work.

The St. Vincent map shows a mountainous interior with rivers, bays and settlements, among them Kingstown, Chateaubelair, Wallibou, Layou and Cumberland Bay. Dominica's rugged interior is shown by fine hachures, and the island is divided into parishes, with Portsmouth, Prince Rupert's Bay, Roseau and St. David's Bay named. The map of Barbadoes is the most densely lettered of the four, divided into its parishes, with Bridgetown, Speightstown, churches, roads and plantations marked and a compass rose at the right. On Grenada the hills and rivers are shown with Fort Royal, the Great Bay and many plantations.

Bryan Edwards (1743 to 1800) was a Jamaica planter, merchant and Member of Parliament, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. His history of the West Indies was widely read, and he defended the plantation system and opposed Wilberforce's abolitionist campaign.

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