JEFFERYS (Thomas sr.)

The Bay of Honduras ...

Copperplate engraving, 490 x 635 mm, in original outline colour. Several short tears in the blank margin, one into the printed area. One moderate marginal chip to the lower edge. London, Robert Sayer, 20 Feby, 1775.

£750.00

Very detailed chart of the coast of modern Belize Guatemala and Honduras from Salamanca de Bacalar to Patook Point (Barra Patuca) on the ‘Moskito Coast’, with the Gulf of Honduras central. The chart marks the coastal islands, with shoals, soundings, sailing directions and tracks for navigable routes through the shoals. In the Yucatan Peninsula, the map shows “The Logwood Cutters”, a reference to the trade in Honduran mahogany and rosewood.

Sellers & Van Ee, 2131.

Stock No.
226366