COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
8189
accession_number
8189
Accession Number
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File Name:
8189-32
file_name
8189-32
File Name
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Call number:
Cabinet Blathwayt 32
call_number
Cabinet Blathwayt 32
Call number
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Map title:
A New Map of the Island of Barbadoes wherein every Parish, Plantation, Watermill, Windmill & Cattlemill, is described ...
map_title
A New Map of the Island of Barbadoes wherein every Parish, Plantation, Watermill, Windmill & Cattlemill, is described ...
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Sold by Mr. Overton at the White Horse without Newgate Mr. Morden at the Atlas in Cornhill Mr. Berry at the Globe at Charing Cross And Mr. Pask at ye Stationers Arms & Inkbottle on the North Side the Royal Exchange
publisher
Sold by Mr. Overton at the White Horse without Newgate Mr. Morden at the Atlas in Cornhill Mr. Berry at the Globe at Charing Cross And Mr. Pask at ye Stationers Arms & Inkbottle on the North Side the Royal Exchange
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1675-76]
publication_date
[1675-76]
Publication date
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Map size height:
47.9 cm.
map_size_height
47.9 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
56.2 cm.
map_size_width
56.2 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
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Geographical description:
Map of Barbados showing location of roads, individual farms, mills used for the grinding of sugar cane, and towns. Cartographic details include some topographical details, compass rose, and scale. Decorative elements include ships, fish, angels with navigational tools such as dividers. Decorative cartouche includes English royal coat of arms of Charles II, allegorical figures of a river goddess and god with oar and water vessel, a woman in armor [Britannia?], and a personification of plenty with cornucopia.
geographical_description
Map of Barbados showing location of roads, individual farms, mills used for the grinding of sugar cane, and towns. Cartographic details include some topographical details, compass rose, and scale. Decorative elements include ships, fish, angels with navigational tools such as dividers. Decorative cartouche includes English royal coat of arms of Charles II, allegorical figures of a river goddess and god with oar and water vessel, a woman in armor [Britannia?], and a personification of plenty with cornucopia.
Geographical description
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Cartobibliographic notes:
This is the first printed economic map of an English American colony and represents Barbardos at the height of its early sugar production.The map was drawn by Richard Ford, a Quaker, whose religious principles caused him to omit the names of many forts and to avoid the word, "church."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 is the first printed economic map of an English American colony and represents Barbardos at the height of its early sugar production.The map was drawn by Richard Ford, a Quaker, whose religious principles caused him to omit the names of many forts and to avoid the word, "church."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. 180-185
references
Black, J.D., ed. Blathwayt Atlas, vol. II, p. 180-185
References
false
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
geographic_area
Caribbean
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1675
normalized_date
1675
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Richard Ford
creator
Richard Ford
Creator
false