18th century English map of the West Indies
A Map of the West-Indies &c Mexico or New Spain. Also y.e Trade Winds, and ye several Tracts made by ye Galeons and Flota from Place to Place.
London: Thomas Bowles and John Bowles, 1732. Fine original outline colour. 205 x 285mm.
£450.00
Description
A map of central America and the West Indies, but also showing North America to Chesapeake Bay. Of intererst are the tracks of the treasure ships and the route from the Pacific to the Atlantic across Chiapas.
Moll first published his 'Atlas Minor' in 1729 but, shortly after his death in 1732, Thomas Bowles and his son John reissued it with plate numbers added, as this example









