COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
34627
accession_number
34627
Accession Number
false
File Name:
34627-020
file_name
34627-020
File Name
false
Call number:
Case C733 /1.3
call_number
Case C733 /1.3
Call number
false
Map title:
[Map of the northwestern part of South America]
map_title
[Map of the northwestern part of South America]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Sold at Stephen Austen's Bookseller in Newgate Street and by Thos. Willdey at the Great Toy Shop in St. Paul's Church Yard
publisher
Sold at Stephen Austen's Bookseller in Newgate Street and by Thos. Willdey at the Great Toy Shop in St. Paul's Church Yard
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[ca. 1740]
publication_date
[ca. 1740]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
43 cm.
map_size_height
43 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
67 cm.
map_size_width
67 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved key map and 20-sheet map bound together in boards
item_description
Engraved key map and 20-sheet map bound together in boards
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the northwestern part of South America. Part of a 20-sheet map of North America which includes a vignette: Sr. Charles Wager's Engagement ... 1707, and insets: Fall of Niagara, Mexico, Quebec, New York, The Harbour of Placentia, The Harbour of Anapolis Royal, Boston Harbour, New York and Perth Amboy Harbours, The Bermuda or Summer Islands, Harbour of St. Augustine, Harbour of Providence, The Havanna, Bay of St. Iago in Cuba, Kingston Harbour in Jamaica, Plan of the Harbour of Port Antonio in Jamaica, Fort Royal in Martinica, The Island of Barbadoes, Antigua, Cartagene, Harbour of Porto Bello. Cartouche: [Allegory. European entry in America]. "London Engrav'd by William Henry Toms 1733," lower right, sheet 20.
geographical_description
Map of the northwestern part of South America. Part of a 20-sheet map of North America which includes a vignette: Sr. Charles Wager's Engagement ... 1707, and insets: Fall of Niagara, Mexico, Quebec, New York, The Harbour of Placentia, The Harbour of Anapolis Royal, Boston Harbour, New York and Perth Amboy Harbours, The Bermuda or Summer Islands, Harbour of St. Augustine, Harbour of Providence, The Havanna, Bay of St. Iago in Cuba, Kingston Harbour in Jamaica, Plan of the Harbour of Port Antonio in Jamaica, Fort Royal in Martinica, The Island of Barbadoes, Antigua, Cartagene, Harbour of Porto Bello. Cartouche: [Allegory. European entry in America]. "London Engrav'd by William Henry Toms 1733," lower right, sheet 20.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Popple, Henry, d. 1743
source_author
Popple, Henry, d. 1743
Source author
false
Source title:
A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple
source_title
A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple
Source title
false
Source place:
London: Sold at Stephen Austen's Bookseller in Newgate Street and by Thos. Willdey at the Great Toy Shop in St. Paul's Church Yard, [ca. 1740]
source_place
London: Sold at Stephen Austen's Bookseller in Newgate Street and by Thos. Willdey at the Great Toy Shop in St. Paul's Church Yard, [ca. 1740]
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
20-sheet map state 3 [ca. 1740] according to Cumming/Wallis. Size varies. Key map state 3 [ca. 1740] according to Cumming/Wallis.
cartobibliographic_notes
20-sheet map state 3 [ca. 1740] according to Cumming/Wallis. Size varies. Key map state 3 [ca. 1740] according to Cumming/Wallis.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
W.P. Cumming and H. Wallis, Popple's map of the British Empire, Lympne Castle, Kent, 1972. (Introductory note accompanying Cabinet/C733/1.1 FACSIM)
references
W.P. Cumming and H. Wallis, Popple's map of the British Empire, Lympne Castle, Kent, 1972. (Introductory note accompanying Cabinet/C733/1.1 FACSIM)
References
false
Geographic Area:
western hemisphere
geographic_area
western hemisphere
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
The first large-scale map of North America and the most accurate at the time, based on Popple's work at the Board of Trade and Plantations in London.
historical_notes
The first large-scale map of North America and the most accurate at the time, based on Popple's work at the Board of Trade and Plantations in London.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1740
normalized_date
1740
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b53431467
lc_bibliographic_number
b53431467
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Toms, William Henry
creator
Toms, William Henry
Creator
false