Author: Vandermaelen, Philippe
Title: [Maps] Amer. Sep. Haiti Ou St. Domingue. No. 68. [with] Curacao. No. 74
Description: [Bruxelles], [Ph. Vandermaelen], 1827. First edition. 2 sheets. Hand-colored lithographic maps. 46 x 53 cm and 50 x 56 cm. Large scale map of Haiti on two (sheets usually sold separately). 1. Amer. Sep. Haiti ou St. Domingue. No. 68. Also includes parts of Cuba and the Bahamas and has a text box entitled: Iles Bahamas ou Lucayes. [with] 2. Amèr. Sep. Curacao. No. 74. Includes the southern, and remaining portion of Haiti plus Aruba, Bonaire, and small parts of Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Text box entitled: Republique d'Haiti. Redigee par A. Delavault. Sheets from Phillipe Vandermaelen, "Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique.." a magnificent and ground breaking six volume atlas of the entire world, which was the first Atlas to use lithography, to show the entire world using such a large uniform scale, approximately 26 miles to the inch, and which was designed to be joined together into a three-dimensional globe with a diameter of approximately 25 feet. Very good bright copies, a few minor spots or marginal finger soiling.

Keywords: , Latin America, Caribbean, Dominican Republic; Haiti, maps, cartography, Map


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