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Description

Detailed Revolutionary War era map of Dominica, with a large inset map depicting a Naval engagement showing 7 French Frigates attacking the British positions on the island on September 7, 1778.

The map provides a fine topographical overview of the island, based upon the map of the island by John Byres, entitiled Plan of the island of Dominica laid down by actual survey under the direction of the Honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands, published in 1776.  

Condition Description
Dampstaining at top and bottom right corners, just entering printed image.
Philippe Buache Biography

Philippe Buache (1700-1773) was one of the most famous French geographers of the eighteenth century. Buache was married to the daughter of the eminent Guillaume Delisle and worked with his father-in-law, carrying on the business after Guillaume died. Buache gained the title geographe du roi in 1729 and was elected to the Academie des Sciences in the same year. Buache was a pioneering theoretical geographer, especially as regards contour lines and watersheds. He is best known for his works such as Considérations géographiques et physiques sur les découvertes nouvelles dans la grande mer (Paris, 1754).