Caribbean Sea West Indies Cuba Jamaica Puerto Rico 1879 Berghaus detailed map Religion couple short minor edge splits

couple short minor edge splits mended long ago

faint minor spotting within map area

Utterly unique and distinctive technique fairly specific to color applied by hand in Europe during this era

4 issue lot

Carte Generale de L'Empire Allemagne

Caribbean Sea West Indies Cuba Jamaica Puerto Rico 1879 Berghaus detailed map Religion couple short minor edge splitsWest Indien und Central Amerika. (Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, North America, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Panama). Issued 1879 Gotha by Justus Perthes for Stieler. Map by Berghaus. Very detailed 19th century engraved map with original outline hand color. Stieler maps went through continual revisions. Thus, for any specific Stieler map such as this one, there are often numerous variant