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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, 1697-1792.
A new and complete map of the West Indies comprehending all the coasts and islands known by that name.
From Thomas Kitchin, 1718-1784.
A general atlas, describing the whole universe.
London: Laurie and Whittle, 1794.

D’Anville was a French royal geographer and cartographer. This map was published shortly after the French and Haitian revolutions, a time of intense European rivalry in the Caribbean.
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, 1697-1792. A new and complete map of the West Indies comprehending all the coasts and islands known by that name. From Thomas Kitchin, 1718-1784. A general atlas, describing the whole universe. London: Laurie and Whittle, 1794. D’Anville was a French royal geographer and cartographer. This map was published shortly after the French and Haitian revolutions, a time of intense European rivalry in the Caribbean.
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