Chart of the Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, and Spanish Main: Blunt 1845

Title: Chart of the Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, and Spanish Main Author: E. & G. W. Blunt Date: 1845 Medium: Blueback sea chart (engravings on three sheets backed together on original blue manila paper, hand-colored marks highlighting various cities, ports, and sites) Condition: Good – toning, foxing, tide marks in margins, sewn repairs to tears in left margin, creasing throughout, wear and some separations along vertical folds caused by rolling Inches: 84 ½ x 27 [Paper] Centimeters: 63 x 68.58 [Paper] Product ID: 316066 Map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean by brothers Edmund (1799-1866) and George William (1802-1878) Blunt, sons of American map publisher Edmund March Blunt (1770-1862). The two opened their own New York firm in 1824, and like their father published working sea charts and sold maritime navigational instruments. In 1833, Edmund began working for the United States Coast Survey in addition to running his family’s business. ‘Blueback’ charts, so named