The rare Coronelli/Nolin map of the West Indies

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Archipelague du Mexique, ou Sont les Isles de Cuba, Espagnole, Jamaique, etc. Avec les Isles Lucayes, et les Isles Caribes, Connües sous le nom d'Antilles.
Paris: Jean-Baptiste Nolin II, 1742. Coloured. 450 x 590mm.

A map of the Caribbean prepared by the Venetian Coronelli for Parisian publisher Jean-Baptiste Nolin snr while Coronelli was working in France for Louis XIV between 1683 and 1685. This example, updated by amateur geographer Jean-Nicholas de Tralage, Sieur de Tillemon, comes from the last state of the map, published by Nolin's son (also Jean-Baptiste).


Stock ID : 20322