Archipelague du Mexique : ou sont les Isles de Cuba, Espagnole, Iamaique,&c./
Mortier Pierre
Amsterdam : Pierre Mortier,
[1703 ?] .
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour.
"Avec Privil. des Etats".
The map shows the discoveries' routes, the different nations' possessions. North up.
North up ; marginal grid ; gridlines. Longitude from Ferro island.
In the top right hand corner, inset : [St Jean and Vera Cruz]. Scale indicator : "Echelle d'une lieue" [= 4.4 cm].
Three scale indicators : "Lieues de France et d'Angleterre, 100" [=10.2 cm], "Lieues d'Espagne 70" [= 8.2 cm], "Lieues d'Allemagne 30" [= 4.1 cm].
Inset : Cartagene avec ses ports et forteresses. Scale : "Lieues d'Angleterre 3" [= 4.4 cm].
Inset : Baye et ville de Havana ou S. Cristoval. Scale : "Echelle d'une Lieue" [= 6.2 cm].
Inset : Baye et Chateau de Porto Bello. Scale : "Lieues d'Angleterre 3"[= 2.9 cm].
Title cartouche in the top right hand corner.
A prospect of the coast in the bottom left hand corner. Several scenes : a naval battle, smaller boats exchanging gunshots with a squadron on shore, a group collecting treasures in a chest, three Amerindians assessing the scene. In the background, the profile of mountains, a fort on the shore, ships ; on the mountain side, workers mining, others hauling up materials, three wheelbarrels ; a few others sifting for gold.
In: Moll's Atlas pl. 41.
Verso : handwritten in ink : 41st.