'Indiae Occidentalis' Caribbean Veracruz Mexico City. HOMANN/D'ANVILLE, 1731 map
Artist/engraver/cartographer: Johann Christoph Homann / Homann Heirs / Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Provenance: The map was extracted from a composite atlas of early 18th century maps, the latest of which was dated c1754. Type: Large antique 18th century atlas map, printed on thick, good quality paper with original outline hand colour/color and decorative title cartouche. Upper and lower panels showing city and local area plans and views. This detailed sheet exhibits a map of the West Indies/Antilles, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in its central panel, with a number of more detailed local plans and views above and below. The Isthmus of Panama is detailed in the top left. The top right panel contains a plan of St Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement and port in the continental United States. Bottom left is the Mexican port of Veracruz. Bottom centre is a birds eye view of Mexico City, and bottom right a plan of the city of Santo Domingo (now in the Dominican Republic)
Size: 6220px × 7375px
Location: Caribbean
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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