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Description

Spectacular map of Florida, the Gulf Coast, Texas, Central America and part of Cuba. The map is a curious amalgam of cartographic information along the Gulf Coast. The source of the Mississippi appears near Corpus Christie, a vestage of La Salle and Franquelin's work in the early 1680s and thereafter followed by Rossi, Coronell, Roillard, De Fer and Morden in the 1690s. However, the eastern Gulf and Florida configuration follows Mount & Page's Chart of the Bay of Mexico, eschewing the archipelago of of Florida, which was later followed by Moll in 1715 and later Popple. At remarkable feature of the map is the enormous, superbly detailed and designed title-piece displaying a full-scale naval battle between the French and Dutch navies. Indian laborers are shown mining gold and silver in the mountains, while on the shore below Europeans pack gold bars and jewels into a treasure chest. The route followed by the Spanish gold and silver fleets is shown, and there is an inset in top right of St.Jean e Lucu offshore the coast of Vera Cruz. The major islands of the Caribbean are well detailed and named. Florida is called Tegeste Province on the map. A glorious example in old color, with a bit of extra creasing at the fold and a bit of soiling. A seperate eastern sheet (lacking here), covers the Caribbean. Not in Jackson, Flags Along The Coast.

Pierre Mortier Biography

Pierre, or Pieter, Mortier (1661-1711) was a Dutch engraver, son of a French refugee. He was born in Leiden. In 1690 he was granted a privilege to publish French maps in Dutch lands. In 1693 he released the first and accompanying volume of the Neptune Francois. The third followed in 1700. His son, Cornelis (1699-1783), would partner with Johannes Covens I, creating one of the most important map publishing companies of the eighteenth century.