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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of the West Indies, Antilles, and Caribbean Sea - Geographicus - WestIndies2-pinkerton-1818.jpg Extraordinary large format map of the West Indies published in 1818 by cartographer John Pinkerton Centered on the island of Hispaniola or Santo Domingo this map covers from the Bay of Honduras to the Windward Isles and from Florida and the Bahamas south to Lake Maracaibo and the Spanish Main Includes Cuba Jamaica Porto Rico Hispaniola the Bahamas and southern Florida In Florida there is a large inland lake labeled Mayaco which is no doubt an embryonic representation of Lake Okeechobee Pinkerton offers extraordinary detail throughout noting both physical and political elements including shoals reefs and other undersea dangers Possibly the most attractive English map of the West Indies to appear in the early 19th century Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton The map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 21 object history credit line accession number WestIndies2-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 See also Alternative map of early 1800s <big>West Indies</big> 200px left Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of the Caribbean 1818 1818 maps Caribbean in the 1820s | ||||
