An 18th century chart of Barbados

THORNTON, John.

Barbados.
London: W. & J. Mount and T. Page, 1748. 290 x 260mm, set in text.

A sea chart of the coasts of Barbados, with a letterpress description of the island and a woodcut coastal profile underneath, from Mount & Page's 'The English Pilot. The Fourth Book Describing The West India Navigation...', the first sea atlas of America containing charts only from English sources.
It was original published by Thornton on the same plate as a chart of Bermuda, but for some reason the charts were separated, with the original title for Barbados also cut.


Stock ID : 16951