WEST INDIES. Jansson. 1636/1647.
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus. Imprint: Amstelodami, Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. 15"h x 20"w. Centerfold repair. Image in excellent condition. French text verso.

Published in Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Monde (Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1647). Koeman Me 106. The earliest version of this map appeared in a 1636 German edition (Me 44) also published by Jansson. Burden 248, State 1.

This is a very decorative map with rhumb lines, compass roses, sailing ships and the elaborate, flowing calligraphy of Jansson. By this time the islands had been well explored and their configurations are very recognizable. The map extends as far north as the Chesapeake Bay, as far west as the east coast of Mexico, and as far south as Colombia. This map was meant for use as a sea chart, and only coastal cities and ports are identified. The names along the coasts of Florida and the Carolinas are in Spanish.

WEST INDIES. Mercator-Hondius. 1690
Cuba Insula. - Hispaniola Insula .- Ins. Iamaica. - Ins. S. Ioannis. - I. S. Margareta. Inset on Cuba Insula: “Havana portus”. At the left running vertically in letterpress: Parte Seconda. Libro VII. 283. Five maps on one sheet; image 7 ¼”h x 10”w. Italian text verso with page number284 and title: Teatro Belgico. Hinge remnants verso. Margins extended on 3 sides many years ago. Old color.

This size map with these exact individual titles first appeared in Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae... (Amsterdam: Johannis Cloppenburgij, 1630) as illustrated in Cueto, Cuba in Old Maps, Map 23 on page 83.

This edition is from Gregorio Leti (1630-1701), Teatro Belgico, o vero ritratti historici, chronologici, politici, e geografici, delle sette Provincie Unite. (Amsterdam: Guglielmo de Jonge, 1690).

WEST INDIES. Coronelli. 1695?
Isole Antili, La Cuba, La Spagnuola, Descritte, e Dedicate Dal Padre Maestro Coronelli; Lettore, e Cosmografo della Serenissima Republica di Venetia All' Illustrissimo S. Sebastiano Bernardi, su dell Ecc: S. Francesco. 10"h x 17"w. Stains in lower margin within 3/8" of neat line. Image very good. Full color.

Probably from Atlante Veneto. . . (Venice: Coronelli, 1695) which contains a map with the above title. Reference Phillips Atlases 521.

Vincent Coronelli (1650-1718) was a Franciscan priest and theologian, but found time to compile and engrave over 500 maps. In 1685 he became Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic, and in 1699 was appointed Father General of his order.

Shows the tips of Florida and Yucatan, the West Indies, and part of South America. The West Indies are exaggerated in scale and leave little room for the Caribbean Sea.

WEST INDIES. Russell. Dated 1794. 1799.
An Accurate Map of the West Indies with the adjacent Coast of America; By J. Russell. Lower right: Russell del: et sculp’t. Imprint under bottom center: London. Publish’d as the Act directs Nov’r 29, 1794 by H. D. Symonds No. 20 Paternoster Row. 19 ¾”w x 13 ¾”h. Uncolored. Minor transference. Partial separation of one fold mended with archival material. Image very good. Paper watermarked 1794.

This is one of nine maps published in London in John Reid’s An American Atlas, and engraved by John Russell of London. The same nine maps were included in An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States by William Winterbotham (1763-1829) published in London in 1795 and 1799 and in New York in 1796. Howes W581. Reid’s An American Atlas was meant to accompany the version of Winterbotham’s history published without the maps. The map offered here is from Winterbotham’s 1799 edition.

This is a detailed map of the West Indies. Relief is shown pictorially. Shown are depictions and names of mountains, rivers, lakes, towns, bays, islands and shoals. The southern part of the United States, including Florida and the Mississippi Delta, is shown at the top. The lower part of Central America is shown at the left. The northern part of South America is shown at the bottom.

WEST INDIES. Morse. 1797.
West Indies from the best Authorities. Above top neatline: Engraved for Morse’s American Gazetteer. Lower right: Hill Sc. 12 ½”w x 7 ¼”h. Some staining in margins. Right margin re-enforced. Image in very good condition. Reference Wheat & Brun 699.

Map engraved by Samuel Hill. Published in Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), The American Gazetteer.... Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1797. First edition. Howes M839.

At the upper right is a table showing the codes used after the toponyms to show countries owning the islands. At this time Florida was divided into East and West Florida. East Florida is shown having two mountain ranges. The map also shows part of Mexico plus the Central American countries and parts of South America.

WEST INDIES. Rees. 1806.
West Indies. Lower right: Harrison sc’t. 16”w x 9 ¾”h. Engraved by Harrison.

Published in Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary..... (Philadelphia, S. F. Bradford, Murray, Fairman & Co., 1806). Reference Phillips Atlases, Vol. 1, Entry 711.

Coverage includes Southern US from Florida to New Mexico, Mexico, Central America and the northern portion of South America.

WEST INDIES. Harrison. 1794/1806.
An Accurate Map of the West Indies, from the Latest Improvements. 9 ½”w x 7 ¼”h. Lower right: W. Harrison sculpt. Center, under neatline: London, Published January 1st. 1794 by Rt. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill. Original outline and wash color. Wash color partly augmented. Lower left corner of margin missing small piece. Margins lightly soiled but image in very good condition.

Published in A General Atlas being a Collection of Maps of the World... .London: Robert Wilkinson, 1800 (but 1806). The Contents page is dated 1805 and another map is dated 1806.

Shows Spanish claims in yellow, English in red and French in green. Florida, the Gulf coast, part of Central America and part of South America are included.

JAMAICA. Michault. 1674.
Isle de la Iamaique Divisee Par Paroisses Ou Sont Exactement Remarques les Ports et les Bayes - Par le Sieur Modiford. Lower right: R. Michault Scrip. 11”h x 12 ½”w. Repaired tear at binding stub; overall very good condition. Map by Sir Thomas Modiford, the 4th governor of Jamaica. Engraved by R. Michault.

From Henri Justel’s Recueil de Divers Voyages faits en Afrique et en l’Amerique, qui n’ont point este encore publiez Contenant l’Origine, les Moeurs, les Coutumes & le Commerce des habitans de ces deux Parties du Monde. … (Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674).

Shows Jamaica divided into its parishes. Ports and bays are identified. Mountains are shown by shading. Jamaica had been captured by the British from the Spanish in 1655. Kingston, the present-day capital, had not yet been built (established 1692) when this map was drawn. There is a large untitled inset of North America extending from the Chesapeake Bay to Venezuela, enclosing the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.