COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Tanner, Henry Schenck
Date:
1831
Short Title:
Map of the West India & Bahama Islands
Publisher:
H.S. Tanner
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Pocket Map
Obj Height cm:
52
Obj Width cm:
74
Scale 1:
2,851,000
World Area:
West Indies
Country:
Bahamas
Full Title:
Map of the West India & Bahama Islands : with the adjacent coasts of Yucatan, Honduras, Columbia &c. Published by H.S. Tanner Philadelphia. Entered according to act of Congress, 1831, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. (cover title) Antilles West Indies 1831.
List No:
13089.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Tanner, Henry Schenck
Pub Date:
1831
Pub Title:
Map of the West India & Bahama Islands : with the adjacent coasts of Yucatan, Honduras, Columbia &c. Published by H.S. Tanner Philadelphia. Entered according to act of Congress, 1831, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. (cover title) Antilles West Indies 1831.
Pub Note:
Engraved hand colored folded map; 52 x 74 in covers 16x9. Unusual copy of map originally published by William Faden in 1822, updated and published by Tanner in 1831. Noted "Island of Hayti is now an Independent Republic." Map shows West Indies with part of Florida, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Includes list of possessions of the European powers. Countries are colored according to their European powers. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich. Later editions published by James Wyld.
Pub List No:
13089.000
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Pub Height cm:
16
Pub Width cm:
9
Image No:
13089002.jp2
Authors:
Tanner, Henry Schenck
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Map of the West India & Bahama Islands
