GUADELOUPE WEST INDIES 1720 THOMAS GAGE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW

Description

GUADELOUPE WEST INDIES 1720 THOMAS GAGE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW
GUADELOUPE WEST INDIES 1720 THOMAS GAGE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW
Description
Surprise des Indiens de la Guardeloupe.
Description:
Striking and highly detailed
fine
scarce 1720 copper engraved scene depicting the landing of some European sailors on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, while they are surprised by an ambush set by the natives of the island. Numerous galleons, Europeans and Natives adorn the view.
Source:
Thomas Gage. Nouvelle Relation contenant les Voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne, ses diverses avantures, & son retour par la Province de Nicaragua, jusqu'à la Havane. Avec la description de la Ville de Mexique, telle qu'elle étoit autrefois, E comme elle est à present. A Amsterdam:
Chez Paul Marret, dans le Beurs-straat, proche le Dam à la Renommée. 1720.
Thomas Gage, an English Dominican friar, returned to England after several decades in Spanish America, became a Protestant and a principal advisor to Oliver Cromwell.
Date:
172o ( undated )
Dimension:
Paper size approx.:
cm
21,4 x 16,4
Condition:
Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Map uncolored. Margin to the top missing. Wide lower margin. Wide right lateral margin. Short left lateral margin, partially misssing to the lower side. Corners partially missing. Small foxing and browning. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images
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