COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
8189
accession_number
8189
Accession Number
false
File Name:
8189-7
file_name
8189-7
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Blathwayt 7
call_number
Cabinet Blathwayt 7
Call number
false
Map title:
[Newfoundland]
map_title
[Newfoundland]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
[before 1671?]
publication_date
[before 1671?]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
47.6 cm.
map_size_height
47.6 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
55.2 cm.
map_size_width
55.2 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
manuscript, hand coloring
item_description
manuscript, hand coloring
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Newfoundland and surrounding area. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude, location of harbors and capes, scales, and part of a compass rose.
geographical_description
Map of Newfoundland and surrounding area. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude, location of harbors and capes, scales, and part of a compass rose.
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
This manuscript map is in the style of the Thames school, although the particular cartographer who made it is not known. The scale on the eastern coast of Terra Nova is enlarged from the other sides (possibly because it was the chief area of the English fishing interest). The source of the place name "Cambalu" has not been satisfactorily identified. It has been conjectured to have come from Marco Polo's use of the name for Bejing. The problem of the Newfoundland fisheries and the disputes arising from the conflicting interests of landowners and seasonal fishing fleets was of special concern to the Office of Trade and Plantations and, although not particularly accurate, this map would have provided useful information.The Blathwayt Atlas is a collection of 48 maps assembled between 1680 and 1685 as a reference atlas for the Office of Trade and Plantations, compiled by William Blathwayt, Secretary to the Lords of Trade and Plantations.
cartobibliographic_notes
This manuscript map is in the style of the Thames school, although the particular cartographer who made it is not known. The scale on the eastern coast of Terra Nova is enlarged from the other sides (possibly because it was the chief area of the English fishing interest). The source of the place name "Cambalu" has not been satisfactorily identified. It has been conjectured to have come from Marco Polo's use of the name for Bejing. The problem of the Newfoundland fisheries and the disputes arising from the conflicting interests of landowners and seasonal fishing fleets was of special concern to the Office of Trade and Plantations and, although not particularly accurate, this map would have provided useful information.The Blathwayt Atlas is a collection of 48 maps assembled between 1680 and 1685 as a reference atlas for the Office of Trade and Plantations, compiled by William Blathwayt, Secretary to the Lords of Trade and Plantations.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Black, J.D., ed. Blathwayt Atlas, vol. II, p. 58-62
references
Black, J.D., ed. Blathwayt Atlas, vol. II, p. 58-62
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1671
normalized_date
1671
Normalized date
false