COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
C-8210
File Name:
C-8210
Call number:
Shelf Et647 1 Ms.
Map title:
This plott representeth the forme of three hundred acres of Land part of a Plantation called the Fort Plantation of which 300 acres Cap. Thos. Middleton of London hath purchased ...
Publication date:
1646
Map size height:
60.4 cm.
Map size width:
49.9 cm.
Item description:
manuscript
Geographical description:
Plan of an estate of 300 acres near Jamestown, or present-day Holetown, Barbados. Includes compass rose, scale, ship, Saint James Church, saltpeter house, powder [?] mill, and dwellings.
References:
Black, J. D. "A Study of the Barbados map from Hopcott's [sic] survey' in R.B. Arkway, Catalogue XII, p. 7
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
Historical notes:
This estate was surveyed on October 10, 1646, and drawn in the style of the Thames School sometime between 1647 and 1677. Fort Plantation, the subject of the survey, was in existence as early as 1631. This survey gives interesting indications of land use: "Fallen land" refers to areas cleared for agriculture, specifically sugar cane, and "Potato peece" indicates an important food source for the English. The legend refers to Mr. Wright's plantation "taken too farr into this land" probably referring to encroachment by neighbors before all boundary lines were carefully surveyed. Saint James Church was built in 1628; an Anglican church still remains in the same location.
Normalized date:
1646
Creator:
John Hapcott
This plott representeth the forme of three hundred acres of Land part of a Plantation call...
