Original Antique Map of the Island of Dominica in the West Indies, 1794
€ 240
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Date
1794
Sheet size
26.5 × 20 cm (10.4 × 7.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13618-36
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
This map is in very good condition and attractively colored. Blanco reverse. Study the image carefully.
About this sheet
Dominica from Bryan Edwards's History of the West Indies, an original copper engraving published in London by John Stockdale of Piccadilly on 6 October 1794. The title cartouche reads "Map of the Island of Dominica for the History of the West Indies, by Bryan Edwards, Esq.", and the sheet carries a scale of statute miles and the longitude west from London.
The island is outlined in green and divided into its parishes, which are lettered across it: St. Andrew, St. John, St. Peter, St. Joseph, St. Paul, St. George, St. Luke, St. Patrick and St. David. Rows of mountains run down the middle. Charlotte Town, "formerly Roseau", is marked on the southwest coast, with Portsmouth and Prince Rupert's Bay at the northwest, Cape Melville at the northern tip, Scots Bay at the south, and the bays and points of the coast named in turn. Rivers and settlements appear across the island, and the place names carry both French and English influences.
Dominica passed between French and British control during the eighteenth century and was a sugar, cocoa and coffee colony worked by enslaved labor. The island was a British possession by the date of this map, and French forces attempted an unsuccessful invasion the following year.
