New York: William Hooker, 1821. 25¼x17¾ inches sheet size. This wonderful early American blueback chart of Bermuda provides a detailed mapping of the islands, copious depth soundings and a panel of General Instructions for Making the Bermuda Islands at the lower right. The Hooker chart is apparently the first separately..... More
np. 1970/1992. Bright, clean, never folded. Fine. 19 x 22 1/2. A delightfully whimsical portrayal of Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands. The chart is decorated with an approach view, several ship illustrations and a number of historical facts. Norman Island is often mentioned as a possible source for..... More
[Paris.]: From Petit Atlas Maritime. 1764. 8 1/4 x 13." Original fold lines and a bit of waviness. Very good. 8 1/4 x 13. A nicely detailed and well-executed map of Bermuda from the mid-part of the 18th century. The map appeared in Bellin's Petit Atlas Maritime in 1763 and..... More
[London]: Published by Laurie & Whittle. No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 1797. Image size: 18 3/8 x 24." Sheet size: 21 x 28 ¾.”. This classic map of the Virgin Islands appeared in Thomas Jefferys' West India Atlas; the first issue of the chart was dated..... More
Baltimore: Drawn & Published by F. Lucas Jr. Engraver.: B.T. Welch & Co., [1823.]. 9 ¼ x 12 1/8.”. A wonderful example of one of the first maps of the Virgin Islands published in the United States. It appeared in Lucas’ General Atlas containing distinct maps of all the known..... More
London: Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray. 1832. A nicely detailed map of Anegada, now one of the British Virgin Islands. Presumably this is one of the earlier separate maps of Anegada. A small inset map of the entire Virgin Islands group appears in..... More
[Copenhagen]: Em. Baerentzen & Co. lith Inst., Lithographer: A. Nay; artist: F.G. Melby. ca. 1856. Image area: 9 3/8 x 11 1/8.” Sheet size: 12 x 16 ½.”. This lovely, lush view of Cruz Bay on St. John in the then-Danish Virgin Islands focuses on a substantial building set on..... More
[Copenhagen]: Em. Baerentzen & Co. lith Inst., Lithographer: A. Nay; artist: F.G. Melby. ca. 1856. Image area: 8 x 11.” Sheet size: 12 x 16 ½.”. This beautifully colored view of St. John in the then-Danish Virgin Islands features two island residents cooking al fresco at the center foreground. In..... More
