Neptune Occidental. A Compleat Pilot of the West Indies, including the British Channel, Bay of Biscay, and all the Atlantic Islands, with their Bays, Harbours, Keys, Rocks, Land-Marks, Depths of Water, Latitudes, Longitudes, &c&c.
Published by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778
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London: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778. Folio (21 1/2" x 15 1/2", 545mm x 390 mm). Additional engraved double-page title, letterpress title-page, 25 charts on guards (2 folding, 21 double-page, and 2 full-page). Bound in full speckled calf with green morocco label to the top board with gilt letters. On the smooth spine, rebacked with parts of the original spine laid down. Chip to label, extremities and hinges worn. Some guards renewed, inner blank margin of title-page renewed, folding maps lightly worn in folds, one with a small closed tear at a fold and a repaired tear in the fore-margin. Occasional smudges, foxing and tanning. Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719-1771) was a British cartographer, engraver and publisher, known as "Geographer to the King "(George III). He produced some of the most accurate and detailed maps of North America and the Caribbean in the mid 18th century. This is an extremely rare early edition of Jefferys masterful charts of the Caribbean. It was produced during a time of great naval and colonial expansion. Early editions area very rare. According to Sotheby's, only two copes have sold in the past fifty years. Jefferys' first work on the Caribbean, The West-India Atlas, was published in 1775 as a companion to his American Atlas. Following its publication, Sayer and Bennett produced the present work, which contains only the charts from the Atlas. Sabin 35956.…
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- Title
- Neptune Occidental. A Compleat Pilot of the West Indies, including the British Channel, Bay of Biscay, and all the Atlantic Islands, with their Bays, Harbours, Keys, Rocks, Land-Marks, Depths of Water, Latitudes, Longitudes, &c&c.
- Author
- Jefferys, Thomas
- Publisher
- R. Sayer and J. Bennett
- Publication year
- 1778
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
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