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1851 Black Map of West Indies

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1851 Black Map of West Indies

WestIndies-black-1851


Title


West Indies.
  1851 (undated)     11 x 16 in (27.94 x 40.64 cm)

Description


This is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1851 map of West Indies. Centered on Haiti or Santo Domingo, it covers the Caribbean from Florida to the Gulf of Panama and from Yucatan to the Lesser Antilles and Barbados. It includes the Bahamans, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and San Domingo (Hispaniola), Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Leeward and Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago. It also shows parts of Guatemala and the Isthmus of Panama. Blacks's map also identifies the Mosquito Gulf or the Bay of Mosquitoes, a corruption of Moskito, a local indigenous tribe. An inset near the bottom margin features Jamaica in detail. Black also identifies such undersea features as the Florida Reef, Pedro Bank and the Cay Sal Bank. Various towns, cities, rivers, mountains, islands and several other topographical details are noted with relief shown by hachure. This map was engraved by Sidney Hall and issued as plate no. L in the 1851 edition of Black's General Atlas of the World.

CartographerS


Charles and Adam Black (fl. 1807 - present) were map and book publishers based in Edinburgh. Charles and his uncle, Adam, both of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded their publishing firm in 1807. They published a series of maps and atlases throughout the 19th century. In addition to an array of atlases, the Black firm is known for their editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1817 - 1826) and the first publishing of Sir Walter Scott's novels in 1854. In 1889 the A. & C. Black publishing house moved to London where it remains in operation to this day. More by this mapmaker...


Sidney Hall (1788 - 1831) was an English engraver and map publisher active in London during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His earliest imprints, dating to about 1814, suggest a partnership with Michael Thomson, another prominent English map engraver. Hall engraved for most of the prominent London map publishers of his day, including Aaron Arrowsmith, William Faden, William Harwood, and John Thomson, among others. Hall is credited as being one of the earliest adopters of steel plate engraving, a technique that allowed for finer detail and larger print runs due to the exceptional hardness of the medium. Upon his early death - he was only in his 40s - Hall's business was inherited by his wife, Selina Hall, who continued to publish under the imprint, "S. Hall", presumably for continuity. The business eventually passed to Sidney and Selina's nephew Edward Weller, who became extremely prominent in his own right. Learn More...

Source


Black, A. and C., General Atlas Of The World, (Edinburgh) 1851.    

Condition


Very good. Minor overall toning. Blank on verso.

References


Rumsey 2305.060 (1854 edition). Philips (atlases) 4334.