Item number: CAM015JR
Genuine Antique Hand Colored Map
1660-67
Maker: Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville.
Charming Antique hand colored map of St. Kitt's, West Indies, from "Tables de la Geographie Ancienne et Nouveli ou Methode pour s'Instruire avec facilite de la Geographie, et Connoistre Les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Estats, Republiques, et Peuples, tant Anciens que Nouveaux, de Toutes Les Parties Du Monde", by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, c. 1660-67. Sanson was the father of French cartography; at the time this map was drawn, the French had seized the island from the Spanish and lost part of it to the English. Very good overall antique condition, matted, 12 x 17 inches.*****SOLD*****
Item Number: CAM015JR