Central America & Caribbean · 18th century
€ 1 450
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Very good. General age-related toning and a few stains. Please review the images for further condition details.
Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis Insulis Americae, an original copper engraved map of the British possessions in the Caribbean and Bermuda, published by the Homann Heirs in Nuremberg, c.1745. A large cartouche at the top right carries the Latin title and its German equivalent, "Die Englische Colonie-Länder auf den Insuln von America", listing the islands of St Christopher, Antigua, Jamaica, Barbados and the Bermudas, or Somers Islands. The sheet is finished in hand color, with outline wash and with the parishes of the larger islands in different tints.
Five separate island maps share the sheet, each with its own title, compass rose and scale, and each with a key to the main places. At upper left is the small island of St Christopher, or St Kitts. Antigua occupies the left center, and Barbados the right center, with its parishes outlined in color. Below, Jamaica fills the lower right, and Bermuda is shown as a long chain of islets at the bottom left. Harbors, towns, plantations and reefs are named around the coasts.
After the death of J.B. Homann in 1724 the firm continued under the name Homann Heirs, and it remained one of the leading map publishers of Germany through much of the eighteenth century.
