(HISPANIOLA) Moya Casimiro Nemesio de Mapa de la Isla de San

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(HISPANIOLA.) Moya, Casimiro Nemesio de. Mapa de la Isla de Santo Domingo y Haiti por el General Casimiro N. de Moya. Large color-lithographed case map of the Dominican Republic and Haiti with tables and inset plans of Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo. 45x69 inches, dissected into 32 sections, mounted on original linen and folding into original 4to format morocco covers with gilt-stamped title piece; covers slightly rubbed, map in particularly fine condition with spectacular bright colors, minor browning and fold separation at cover mount; presentation copy, inscribed at lower center "A su amigo C.W. Wells Esq, New York, Cro N. de Moya Sto. Domingo, 22 agosto 1906." Housed in original gilt stamped green cloth covered slipcase. Chicago and London: Rand, McNally & Co., 1906

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Casimiro Nemesio de Moya (1849-1915) was an important figure in the history of the Dominican Republic: a politician, guerilla military leader, historian, geographer and surveyor. He published several books but the present map is by far his greatest printed accomplishment. It was begun in 1900 during his political exile in St. Thomas and is the first official map of the island of Hispaniola. The map was officially adopted by the Dominican National Congress in 1905. The present example of the map is signed and inscribed by Moya to his friend Charles W. Wells, a New York financier and vice president of the Santo Domingo Improvement Company of New York. Rare, especially in such attractive condition.