Lot 28
Lot 28
Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae. Augsburg: c. 1740.

GEORGE MATTHAUS SEUTTER (1678-C. 1757)

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    Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae. Augsburg: c. 1740.

    GEORGE MATTHAUS SEUTTER (1678-C. 1757)
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    SEUTTER, George Matthaus (1678-c. 1757). Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion. Augsburg: c. 1740.

    Large double-page engraved map, possibly later hand-colouring, title within large decorative cartouche showing slaves cutting, boiling and storing sugar cane against a backdrop of palm trees, coastline and hills, three turtles escaping from under the sugar store tarpaulin back to the sea while a mermaid looks on, 499 x 564mm. (plate mark), 538 x 625mm. (sheet)

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