Antique Maps, Weigel, Central America - Caribbean, Lesser Antilles, French West Indies: Insulae Antillae Francicae Superiores & Insulae Antillae Francicae Inferiores

Insulae Antillae Francicae Superiores & Insulae Antillae Francicae Inferiores

Old coloured map of the French West Indies, Lesser Antilles. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

Reference 11949

Description

Two old coloured antique maps of the French West Indies in the Eastern Caribbean by Christoph Weigel. With the islands Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados and Grenada. From Bequemer Schul- und Reisen-Atlas also titled Atlas scholasticus et itinerarius by Christoph Weigel. First published in Nuremberg in 1718. Weigel's well-known travel atlas, which he published in collaboration with Professor Johann David Köhler.

Details

Cartographer	Christoph Weigel
Title	Insulae Antillae Francicae Superiores & Insulae Antillae Francicae Inferiores
Publisher, Year	Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Plate Size	32.7 x 36.1 cm (12.9 x 14.2 inches)
Sheet Size	37.3 x 44.2 cm (14.7 x 17.4 inches)

Condition

Larger tear to the right backed, to the right centre damp staining.

Cartographer

Christoph Weigel the Elder was an engraver and publisher active in Nuremberg in the early 1700s. During his lifetime he published 70 books and series of engravings, including the atlas Descriptio Orbis Antique in XLIV tabulis published in 1720. For his geographical works and maps, he worked closely together with the highly successful Nuremberg cartographer Johann Baptist Homann. His younger brother, Johann Christoph Weigel (1661-1726) also known as Christoph Weigel the Younger, worked as well as an engraver and publisher in Nuremberg. Weigel's company was continued by his wife when he died in 1725.

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Old coloured map of the French West Indies, Lesser Antilles. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

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