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| Keywords: 1737 Homann Heirs - D'Anville Map of Florida and the West Indies - Geographicus - IndiaeOccidentalis-homann-1734.jpg A wonderful example of J B Homann ™s spectacular map of the West Indies Consists of maps based upon the admirable work of D ™Anville complied into a single sheet The primary map attributed to D ™Anville ™s work of 1731 depicts the West Indies from Mexico to the Lesser Antilles including the totality of Florida parts of Carolina and parts of northern South America Southern Florida in an attempted rendering of the Everglades is shown as a series of lakes and islands connected by narrow canals New Orleans and the mouths of the Mississippi are shown with relative accuracy as are Mexico and the West India Islands Territories are color coded according the colonial powers that ruled them The smaller maps include from the top left the Bay and Isthmus of Panama In the upper right quadrant there is an excellent depiction of the port and harbor of St Augustine Florida This is one of the earliest obtainable depictions of a harbor in Florida The lower left quadrant features an inset plan of the city and harbor of Veracruz Mexico The lower right quadrant offers a similar plan of the city and harbor of San-Domingo The bottom center features a splendid view of Mexico City Mexico The top center is adorned by a marvelous floral title cartouche depicting two Amerindians wearing elaborate feather headdresses and holding serrated spears One of Homann ™s more interesting maps of the Americas 1731 dated but probably a later printing Size in 19 5 23 object history credit line accession number IndiaeOccidentalis-homann-1734 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Johann Baptist Homann Old maps of the Caribbean 1731 maps Old maps of Mexico Old maps of Central America Maps in Latin Maps of Mexico Veracruz Veracruz historia History of St Augustine Florida History of Santo Domingo Maps of Santo Domingo Old maps of St Augustine Florida | ||||
