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Fielding Lucas Jr.
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Virgin Island &c.
Publication Place / Date
Baltimore / 1823
Image Dimensions
12.25 x 9.25 inches
Color
Hand Colored
Condition
VG
Stock# 106421
$ 750.00
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Description

Scarce map of the Virgin Islands and environs by Fielding Lucas Junior, which appeared in his General Atlas, as well as his A New General Atlas of the West India Islands.

The map depicts the Virgin Islands and surrounding areas in the Caribbean Sea. It includes detailed illustrations of the islands' topography and names of various smaller islands, shoals, and cays. The map highlights islands such as St. Thomas, St. John, and Santa Cruz, as well as parts of Puerto Rico, Anguilla, and Saint-Barthélemy. It is oriented north towards the top and features a decorative compass rose.

The map is quite scarce on the market.

Condition Description
Original hand-color. Engraving on wove paper. Some foxing, most pronounced in the margins.
Fielding Lucas Jr. Biography

Fielding Lucas, Jr. (1781-1854) was a prominent American cartographer, engraver, artist, and public figure during the first half of the 19th century.

Lucas was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia and moved to Philadelphia as a teenager, before settling in Baltimore. There he launched a successful cartographic career. Lucas's first atlas was announced in early- to mid-1812, with production taking place between September 1812 and December of 1813, by which point the engravings were complete. Bound copies of the atlas -- A new and elegant general atlas: Containing maps of each of the United States -- were available early in the next year, beating Carey to market by about two months. Lucas later published A General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps Of all the known Countries in the World in the early 1820s.

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