Historic Map : Thomson Map of Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, Haiti, Dominican Republic , 1815, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in Coast Survey

Coast Survey

of which this is plate 4

was first mentioned in the journals of Marco Polo and was first noted on maps by the Venetian Cartographer Bolognini Zaltieri in 1561

Shows major streets with important buil

though the lands that are now Alaska long bore that name

Historic Map : Thomson Map of Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, Haiti, Dominican Republic , 1815, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in Coast SurveyThis fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the modern West Indies or Caribbean nations of Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Divided into two sections, this is a spectacularly d