Mittelamerika Lotter,Conrad Tobias, ca. 1780 original hand-colouring, 57,5 x 49 cm Copper Plate, Hand Colored Light browning at the fold Map of the Southern states of America, Latin America and the West Indies, 4 inset maps, vignette view of figures on the shore, trading and watching a naval battle (uncoloured). This is a large scale map of Central America and portions of North and South America. The two principle areas shown are the Spanish colonies of Mexico and French Florida. It has been made with the Mercator projection and a comparative mileage scale in a decorative cartouche is present at the top left. On the right is a smaller map that contains three maps of Bahia Portus Belli and Bahia harbour. The bottom left has a wonderfully detailed naval battle.
