Chart of the Antilles, or Charibbee, or, Caribs Islands, with the Virgin Isles, by L. S. de la Rochette MDCCLXXXIV. (1784) From the situation of the Caribs Islands, compared with that of the Westernmost Isles of the Mexican Gulf, They are named Windward Islands by the Spaniards, as well as by the French, the Dutch, and the Danes while the English, who consider the position of those Islands respectively to Barbadoies give them the name Leeward Islands, or Leeward Charibee Islands
Creator
Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802, creator Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802, cartographer Palmer, William, 1750-1836
Contributor
Faden, William, 1750?-1836, publisher Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller Museum Book Store
Comparative elevation views of many islands. See also 105:947M for another copy. Submap: Positions Ascertained by Courses and Distances given; on a scale reduced to the Third. Vignettes: Twenty three views of various islands from shipboard for identification purposes. MS note: 722. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes.
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