Colonies Francaises (en Amerique) Suite de la Guyane Francaise, Iles St. Pierre et Miquelon, Ile de Terre Neuve, Ile St. Martin, Guyane Francaise
Product information: Colonies Francaises (en Amerique) Suite de la Guyane Francaise, Iles St. Pierre et Miquelon, Ile de Terre Neuve, Ile St. Martin, Guyane Francaise
Original engraved map, hand colored in outline when published in V. Levasseur's atlas of French departments. The very decorative antique map shows in the centre the islands St. Martin, Newfoundland, French Guiana, Grande Miquelon, Langlade and Saint-Pierre. Surrounded is the map by tabacco leaves, many plants and animals. In the upper right corner a scene of an inhabitated island in the distance with sailingboats and persons in the foreground. At the bottom allegories on the trading with cotton, tabacco and coffee, further wildboars, fiish, etc. On both sides cartouches with descriptive text or statistic tables.
Properties
| Category: | Guiana - St Martin |
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| Issue date: | 1856 |
| Published place: | Paris |
| Publisher: | A. Combette |
| Technique: | Copper engraving / Outline color. |
| Type: | Antique Map, map |