West Islands, & The Approaches to the Panama Canal
[London] and Liverpool: George Philip & Son, Ltd. 32 Fleet Street, E.C. 4, No date [c. 1915-1917]. [MAP] [FOLDING MAP]. [London]: George Philip & Son, Ltd., 32 Fleet Street, E.C. 4 and Liverpool: Philip, Son & Nephew, Ltd., 20 Church StreetWrapper title: West Indies, Philips’ Authentic Imperial Maps for Tourists & Travellers [sic].
3 Inset maps: The Panama Canal; British Guiana; Jamaica
Folding map ; colored relief map; (21 3/16” x 25 ¼”) sheet size; (20 1/8” x 23”) within the neat line; map contained in a (7 ¼” x 4 ¼”) green stiff wrapper, the front printed with the title and the rear blank; inside publisher’s advertisements for maps; light soiling to wrapper edges with curling, a few small splits at map folds; map is bright and crisp; very good plus. (LOC 2021668491). Item #2161
The map was produced during WWI and was useful as it noted the shipping routes as well as telegraph lines and undersea cables.
The northwest of the map pictures the tip of Florida with the Gulf of Mexico; the islands of Cuba; the Bahama or Lucayas Islands; the island of Haiti or Santo Domingo with the Dominican Republic; the island of Porto Rico; the Lesser Antilles consisting of the Leeward and Windward Islands; and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The countries of Colombia, Venezuela, and British Guiana are depicted to the south. The Panama Canal is located in the southwest of the map in Central America, along with the countries Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Shipping approaches to the Panama Canal are noted from various points, as well as cables and telegraph lines.
Price: $250.00