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The Island of Tobago

A charming manuscript chart of the Island of Tobago in the Caribbean Sea.

Chart Information
Reference:	A516
Date	c1700
Hydrographer/Surveyor/Artist:	Thomas Spencer & Nicholas Benoist
Size Of Original:	w 30" x h 22"
Paper Type	Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm

Further Information

This print is available framed.  Framed delivery to USA & Canada only.

Chart ID	Size	Dimensions	Print Only	Framed	Notes
A516	Original	w30" x h22"	$168	$369	1.5" frame

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Read the full Chart History here: 

The island has a long history of conflict and this beautiful, previously unpublished chart, contains many references to its history.  The island was first settled by Courtlanders (subjects of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) in 1654 but was, over the next  200 years, coveted by the Dutch, English, Swedish and the French for it’s rich resources which included sugar, tobacco, coffee, cotton, ginger, indigo, rum, cocoa, tortoise shells, tropical birds and their feathers.  Indeed, the island changed hands no less than 33 times in the 300 years since the British had first put foot on the Island up until it finally became (along with neighbouring Trinidad) a British Crown Colony in 1889.