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The English possessions in the West Indies

A New Map of the English Empire in the Ocean of America or West Indies.
London, 1721. Original colour. 510 x 615mm.
Stock #:  23423

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Description

A scarce compilation of maps of the West Indian islands under control of the English during the early 18th century. With a general chart of the West Indies, they are Jamaica (captured by Robert Venables in 1665) with an inset chart of Port Royal; Barbados (settled by the English in 1627) with an inset of Bridgetown, Bermuda (1609), Tobago (claimed but not under British control until 1763), Antigua (1632); and St Kitts (1624).

Condition:

A little restoration at the centre fold.

References:

PALMER: Bermuda, p.21.

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