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GÜSSEFELD, Franz Ludwig (1744-1807)
[West Indies] Charte von West Indien Nach Edwards, De La Rochette, und den neusten Astronomischen Beobachtungen entworfen von F. L. Güssefeld.
Weimar: Industrie Comptoirs, 1800. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour, in excellent condition. Sheet size: 21 1/4 x 27 1/8 inches.
A highly attractive and finely engraved map of the West Indies.
This very fine map depicts the West Indies, Florida, Central America, and the Spanish Main during an exciting period in history. The map is beautifully colour-coded to illustrate the political situation as it existed in the years following the American Revolution. While the British cause did not prevail in America, it had succeeded in gaining control of additional territory in the Windward Islands from France. This was added to their empire which already included their long-established colonies of Jamaica and Barbados. Spain is shown to control Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Florida, Mexico and most of the coasts of Central and South America. France still possessed Guadaloupe and Martinique, however, its most prized colony, Haiti, was soon to be engulfed in a rebellion that would establish the first independent state in the Americas governed by citizens of African descent. This map is based on Bryan Edward's highly popular A New Map of the West Indies of 1794 and L.S. de La Rochette's A General Chart of the West Indies of 1796.
Cf. Rumsey Collection, 2104.055
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#19719 $1,250.00 
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© 2002-2005 Donald A. Heald
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