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Map [Map showing Caribbean area including West Indies and Gulf of Mexico].

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Title

  • [Map showing Caribbean area including West Indies and Gulf of Mexico].

Created / Published

  • ca. 1770]

Headings

  • -  Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mexico, Gulf of--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Mexico, Gulf of--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Gulf Coast (Mexico)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Caribbean Area
  • -  West Indies
  • -  Mexico, Gulf of
  • -  Mexico--Gulf Coast
  • -  United States--Gulf Coast

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Portolan charts
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:6,000,000.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink, green watercolor, and pencil, on vellum.
  • -  Title provided by cataloger.
  • -  A narrow elongation, 19 x 3 cm., extending from the simulated neck on the left side, was apparently designed to fasten the chart when rolled.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes index to islands to the Florida Keys.
  • -  Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right corner: No. 4.
  • -  Order number annotated in pencil in middle left: 367893/27.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1696
  • -  LC Nautical charts on vellum ; 33
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map on sheet 58 x 86 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4390 1770 .M3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75695814

Online Format

  • image

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Map showing Caribbean area including West Indies and Gulf of Mexico. [1770] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/75695814/.

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(1770) Map showing Caribbean area including West Indies and Gulf of Mexico. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/75695814/.

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Map showing Caribbean area including West Indies and Gulf of Mexico. [1770] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/75695814/>.