COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
28988
File Name:
28988-7
Call number:
Codex Eng 191 / 2-SIZE
Map title:
Plan of the Battery call'd Fort Harman.
Place of Publication:
[Antigua]
Publication date:
[1752]
Map size height:
36.4 cm.
Map size width:
22 cm.
Item description:
fold-out manuscript map 6, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Diagram of the battery called Fort Harman at the entrance to Parham Harbor on the northeast coast of Antigua. Includes a profile of the hill the fort is on with a diagram of a barbette. Includes an inventory of supplies associated with the fort.
Source author:
Horneck, Kane William
Source title:
A report of the state of the fortifications In the island of Antigua and particularly those of English Harbour In the said island in the year 1752.
Source place:
[Antigua]
References:
John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1941, p. 22-25
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
Historical notes:
Kane William Horneck was the surveyor of these maps. Antigua served as the headquarters for the British Caribbean fleet which was based at English Harbor during the late eighteenth century.Image placed horizontally on page.
Normalized date:
1752
Plan of the Battery call'd Fort Harman.
