File:1827 Finley Map of the West Indies, Caribbean, and Antilles - Geographicus - WestIndies-finley-1827.jpg
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Anthony Finley: West Indies. ( ) | ||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q18507773 |
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West Indies. |
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English: This is Finley’s desirable 1827 map of the West Indies and Caribbean. Shows the Greater and LEsser Antilles as well as the Bahamas and portions of the Spanish Main. Islands are color coded according to their European claimants. Shows cities, forts, bays, rivers, roads, and some topographical features. It the Bahamas, Finley identifies Guanaham or Cat Isle, the first land in the America to be sighted by Columbus. Mile scales and title in upper right quadrant. Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas . |
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Date | 1827 (undated) | |||||||||||||
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height: 9 in (22.8 cm); width: 11.5 in (29.2 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,9U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,11.5U218593 |
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Geographicus link: WestIndies-finley-1827 |
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Finley, Anthony, A New General Altas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe, Together with the several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities, and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries, Philadelphia, 1827.
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- Alternative map of early 1800s West Indies:
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current | 09:17, 23 March 2011 | 3,000 × 2,364 (2.12 MB) | BotMultichillT (talk | contribs) | {{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WestIndies-finley-1827 |product_name=1827 Finley Map of the West Indies, Caribbean, and Antilles |map_title=West Indies. |description=This is Finley’s desirable 1827 map |
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