British Possessions on the North West Coast of South America, 1860
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Date
1860
Sheet size
47 × 31.5 cm (18.5 × 12.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13618-38
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
The edges of the print show some signs of wear, which is common for documents of this age. Slight discoloration or foxing – the brown spots that often appear on old paper – but not extensive. There's a natural patina.
About this sheet
Trinidad and British Guiana on one decorated sheet, "British Possessions on the North West Coast of South America", from an 1860 atlas published by A. Fullarton. The sheet is numbered 34 at the upper right.
Two maps share the page. The upper map shows the island of Trinidad, with the Gulf of Paria on the west and the North Atlantic to the east. The lower map shows British Guiana, with routes traveled by Sir Robert Schomburgk, drawn within a panel at the center. Around them are engraved vignettes of the colony's natural history and peoples: a parrot and hummingbirds along the top edge, a stand of sugar cane, a sugar mill, the giant water lily Victoria regia, a plantation scene under tall trees, and groups of Indians identified as the Macusi and Caribisi, with their dwellings, costumes and idols. A river view with a settlement on its bank runs along the foot of the sheet.
The page gives a mid-nineteenth-century picture of the British Caribbean colony on the South American coast, pairing the maps with the plants, animals, crops and peoples that then defined it.
