America Osidental

Two sheets joined. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum, with neck. Cartographic Note: Mercator projection, meridian of Tenerife. Rhumb lines. Retains the intersecting arcs drawn in the construction of the rhumb network. Additional Places: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean. Contents Note: An island named Bermudilla is shown to the east of Bermuda. It does not exist, Dedication to Cap'n de fratta Don Pedro de Laserda, Knight of the Order of St John.

Object Details

ID: G245:1/13
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cuvillan, Silbestre
Places: Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Sea
Date made: 1721
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 82 x 121.5cm