COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
952
accession_number
952
Accession Number
false
File Name:
952-1
file_name
952-1
File Name
false
Call number:
D Scott 63
call_number
D Scott 63
Call number
false
Map title:
A New Map of the Isthmus of Darian in America & Bay of Panama The Gulph of St. Michal with Its Islands, & Countries Adjacent
map_title
A New Map of the Isthmus of Darian in America & Bay of Panama The Gulph of St. Michal with Its Islands, & Countries Adjacent
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Edinburgh]
place_of_publication
[Edinburgh]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
[John Mackie and James Wardlaw]
publisher
[John Mackie and James Wardlaw]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1699]
publication_date
[1699]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
16.8 cm.
map_size_height
16.8 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
25.3 cm.
map_size_width
25.3 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; following title page
item_description
fold-out engraved map; following title page
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the isthmus of Darien showing Central America from Porto Bello to Cartagena. Cartographic elements include topographical details, degrees of latitude and longitude, location of rivers, islands, sea banks or shoals, compass rose, and scale. Decorative elements include coat of arms of the right honorable John, marques of Tweedale, earl of Gifford, viscount Walden, Lord Hay of Yester [?] to whom the map is dedicated.
geographical_description
Map of the isthmus of Darien showing Central America from Porto Bello to Cartagena. Cartographic elements include topographical details, degrees of latitude and longitude, location of rivers, islands, sea banks or shoals, compass rose, and scale. Decorative elements include coat of arms of the right honorable John, marques of Tweedale, earl of Gifford, viscount Walden, Lord Hay of Yester [?] to whom the map is dedicated.
Geographical description
false
Source title:
A letter, giving a description of the Isthmus of Darian: (where the Scot's colonie is settled;) ...
source_title
A letter, giving a description of the Isthmus of Darian: (where the Scot's colonie is settled;) ...
Source title
false
Source place:
Edinburgh : Printed for John Mackie, in the Parliament-Closs, and James Wardlow on the north side of the Street a little below the Cross, at the sign of Bible, M. DC. XC. IX
source_place
Edinburgh : Printed for John Mackie, in the Parliament-Closs, and James Wardlow on the north side of the Street a little below the Cross, at the sign of Bible, M. DC. XC. IX
Source place
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
This publication was the first comprehensive eyewitness account of the new settlement at Darien founded by the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
historical_notes
This publication was the first comprehensive eyewitness account of the new settlement at Darien founded by the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1699
normalized_date
1699
Normalized date
false