Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Plan of English Harbour with it's Environs ...
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Accession Number:
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28988
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File Name:
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28988-1
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Call number:
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Codex Eng 191 / 2-SIZE
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Map title:
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Plan of English Harbour with it's Environs ...
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Place of Publication:
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[Antigua]
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Publication date:
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1752
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Map size height:
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83.5 cm.
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Map size width:
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82 cm.
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Item description:
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manuscript, hand coloring
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Geographical description:
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Chart of English Harbor on Antigua. Cartographic elements include topographical details and location of roads, sugar cane fields (land use map), lookouts, and navy yards.
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Source author:
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Horneck, Kane William
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Source title:
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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.
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Source place:
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[Antigua]
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References:
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John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1941, p. 22-25
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Geographic Area:
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Caribbean
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Historical notes:
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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.
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Normalized date:
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1752
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Creator:
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Kane William Horneck
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