Antique map titled 'Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean with Tracks of the Shipping to West Indies, North America, &cc'. Large map of the Atlantic, showing the tracks of the ships trading in North America and the Caribbean, Lord Nelson's pursuit of the French in 1805, and a number of interesting annotations in various parts of the Atlantic.
Artist and Engravers: John Thomson (1777-ca. 1840) was a commercial map publisher active in Edinburgh. He specialized in guide books and atlases and is primarily known for his Atlas of Scotland (1832) and the New General Atlas, first published in 1817 and reissued for the next quarter century.
Condition: Very good, please study image carefully.
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