Mark Catesby (British, 1683-1749) A Map of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas with the Adjacent Parts, after Henry Popple's 1733 map of the same region, showing the southeastern United States to west of the Mississippi River, Cuba, Jamaica, Caribbean and Bahama Islands and part of the Yucatan Peninsula, from Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 3rd edition, second state, hand colored copper engraving on two sheets of paper with "Edmeads & Co./1809" watermark, plate 17-3/8 x 23-7/8 in., sheet 21 x 27-5/8 in.Literature: Cummings, William P. The Southeast in early maps. 1998, No. 210. - Provenance: Private Georgia Collection
Condition
hinged in at top, some toning and fading, light text bleed from opposing page on each sheet, one small chip at bottom edge, stain at top upper left edge very with slight staining through to front; frame with abrasions