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Map of the Windward Islands and specifically Martinique

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Map of the Windward Islands and specifically Martinique

Ottens, Reinier / Ottens, Jousua

Title Leupe: Tabula Novissima atque accuratissima Caraibicarum insularum sive Cannibalum etc.

Map of the Windward Islands which mentions nearly all ports in the area and gives an indication of relief and forests. The detailed insert map of Martinique on the top right depicts individual buildings and churches too, together with lakes, rivers, forests and mountains. It also displays religious denominations through three symbols and divides the island in a Christian (coloured yellow) and 'Barbarian' (coloured red) section.

North is up.

Scale-bar of 20 German miles = 152 ‘strepen’.

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