Cartographer:
PETERMANN, Augustus/ BARTHOLOMEW, John
Engraver:
SWANSTON, G.H.
Title:
BRITISH POSSESSIONS on the North East Coast of South America. Island of TRINIDAD/BRITISH GUAYANA.
Stock Code:
6326
Method:
Steel engraving
Publisher:
Fullarton & Co.
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography.
Size: (W x H):
31cm x 46cm
12 inches x 18 inches
Date:
c.1850
Price:
£175
Decorative sheet containing two maps: The upper map shows Trinidad, the lower map showing British Guyana according to Sir Robert Schomburgk. There are nine vignettes showing scenes, people and wildlife from the region, including a view of Georgetown, parrots, sugar cane, humming birds and waterlilies.
Very good condition. Top edge shaved, affecting tip of hummingbirds wing and Roman numeral at top right.