Yucatan conventus juridici Hispaniae novae pars occidentalis et Guatimala conventus juridiciis [cartographic material] / Copied from John Ogilby's "Description of the New World" London MDCLXX by James Laurie, Belize 18th Jany. 1844
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Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. Description of the New World Laurie, James (Geographer), cartographer Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Manuscript map showing Yucatán Peninsula, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The island of Cuba is also shown. Copied from a map printed in John Ogilby's "Description of the New World, "London 1670. Descriptive text in left and right margins of sheet. James Laurie was a Scottish geographer and chief editor of "A system of universal geography," Edinburgh, 1842. He should not be confused with James Laurie (1811-1875), the American engineer and one of the founders of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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