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The frontispiece of the atlas of the West Indies, 1775

The West-India atlas or compendious description of the West-Indies… taken from actual survey actual survey …by Late Thomas Jefferis. London: R.Sayer a. J. Bennet, 1775


1 vol.(27 pp., 39 pl.) 58õ40 cm. Copperplate engraving.
Shelfmark: Ê 1-ÖÀì-8/36

This atlas of the West Indies (the Caribbean region and the Pacific coast of the noth-west part of South America) was compiled by Thomas Jefferis.

The atlas contains a detailed description of the geographical locations, populations, economies, religions of the West Indian countries, with special attention paid to trading opportunities and export goods.

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