Old map of the Caribbean Hoodie

J. B. Homann’s map of the West Indies dated 1731. Consists of maps based upon the work of D’Anville compiled into a single sheet. The primary map, attributed to D’Anville’s work of 1731, depicts the West Indies from Mexico to the Lesser Antilles including the totality of Florida, parts of Carolina, and parts of northern South America. Southern Florida, in an attempted rendering of the Everglades, is shown as a series of lakes and islands connected by narrow canals. New Orleans and the mouths of the Mississippi are shown with relative accuracy as are Mexico and the West India Islands. Territories are color coded according to the colonial powers that ruled them. The smaller maps include, from the top left, the Bay and Isthmus of Panama. In...