COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-8210
accession_number
C-8210
Accession Number
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File Name:
C-8210
file_name
C-8210
File Name
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Call number:
Shelf Et647 1 Ms.
call_number
Shelf Et647 1 Ms.
Call number
false
Map title:
This plott representeth the forme of three hundred acres of Land part of a Plantation called the Fort Plantation of which 300 acres Cap. Thos. Middleton of London hath purchased ...
map_title
This plott representeth the forme of three hundred acres of Land part of a Plantation called the Fort Plantation of which 300 acres Cap. Thos. Middleton of London hath purchased ...
Map title
false
Publication date:
1646
publication_date
1646
Publication date
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Map size height:
60.4 cm.
map_size_height
60.4 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
49.9 cm.
map_size_width
49.9 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
manuscript
item_description
manuscript
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Plan of an estate of 300 acres near Jamestown, or present-day Holetown, Barbados. Includes compass rose, scale, ship, Saint James Church, saltpeter house, powder [?] mill, and dwellings.
geographical_description
Plan of an estate of 300 acres near Jamestown, or present-day Holetown, Barbados. Includes compass rose, scale, ship, Saint James Church, saltpeter house, powder [?] mill, and dwellings.
Geographical description
false
References:
Black, J. D. "A Study of the Barbados map from Hopcott's [sic] survey' in R.B. Arkway, Catalogue XII, p. 7
references
Black, J. D. "A Study of the Barbados map from Hopcott's [sic] survey' in R.B. Arkway, Catalogue XII, p. 7
References
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Geographic Area:
Caribbean
geographic_area
Caribbean
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
This estate was surveyed on October 10, 1646, and drawn in the style of the Thames School sometime between 1647 and 1677. Fort Plantation, the subject of the survey, was in existence as early as 1631. This survey gives interesting indications of land use: "Fallen land" refers to areas cleared for agriculture, specifically sugar cane, and "Potato peece" indicates an important food source for the English. The legend refers to Mr. Wright's plantation "taken too farr into this land" probably referring to encroachment by neighbors before all boundary lines were carefully surveyed. Saint James Church was built in 1628; an Anglican church still remains in the same location.
historical_notes
This estate was surveyed on October 10, 1646, and drawn in the style of the Thames School sometime between 1647 and 1677. Fort Plantation, the subject of the survey, was in existence as early as 1631. This survey gives interesting indications of land use: "Fallen land" refers to areas cleared for agriculture, specifically sugar cane, and "Potato peece" indicates an important food source for the English. The legend refers to Mr. Wright's plantation "taken too farr into this land" probably referring to encroachment by neighbors before all boundary lines were carefully surveyed. Saint James Church was built in 1628; an Anglican church still remains in the same location.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1646
normalized_date
1646
Normalized date
false
Creator:
John Hapcott
creator
John Hapcott
Creator
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