WEST INDIES, HAITI, SANTO DOMINGO c. 1857 - Morse & Gaston

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“WEST INDIES” “HAYTI, ST. DOMINGO OR HISPANIOLA” New York: Charles W. Morse and Samuel N. Gaston, 1857.  Original wax-engraved maps with original hand color from The Diamond Atlas. (Image: 5 x 6’’) 

These two maps depict the West Indies islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, St. Domingo and Puerto Rico with the islands named and the various counties/provinces in contrasting colors. Topographical features are well detailed and major towns, cities, and waterways are shown.

The wax-engraving method was developed by Sidney E. Morse (brother of Samuel F. B. Morse - inventor of the telegraph).  Wax engraving was “a major techno-logical breakthrough that greatly influenced American commercial map and atlas production in the U.S.” (Schwartz: Mapping of America, p. 265). This map is an early example of the process.

Presented in an archival 11 x 12'' mat

  • Inventory# M-13860
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