Rare French Colonial America Map, Jamaica Barbados Carolina, c.1719
€ 1 295
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1719
Sheet size
44.2 × 54.5 cm (17.4 × 21.5 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13755-4
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.
Condition
Good condition with age-related toning, fold lines, and occasional minor spotting consistent with early 18th century paper. Strong engraved impression with attractive overall preservation. Minor marginal wear and handling marks consistent with age.
About this sheet
French map of England's Atlantic colonies, engraved in 1719 as a single sheet that combines a title, several regional maps and long columns of descriptive text. The engraved title announces a map describing the islands and lands the English possess in North America, in particular Jamaica, Barbados, New England, Bermuda, Carolina, Pennsylvania and Newfoundland. The sheet is an original engraving printed in black.
The sheet is organized around a large map of Jamaica at the top, with a titled cartouche, "Carte de la Jamaique", and a smaller map of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico beside it. Around the edges sit separate maps of Barbados, Bermuda, New England, the Carolina coast ("Nouvelle Carte de la Caroline"), Virginia with Pennsylvania, and Newfoundland. French text fills the spaces between them and describes each colony's geography, products, trade and settlement, so the sheet works as both a set of maps and a short printed geography.
Maps of this kind were made for readers who wanted an overview of English possessions overseas, and the Carolina and Chesapeake sections are early printed views of the southern colonies as they stood in the first decades of the eighteenth century.
