COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
64-27
accession_number
64-27
Accession Number
false
File Name:
64-27-1
file_name
64-27-1
File Name
false
Call number:
D756 B883c / 2-SIZE
call_number
D756 B883c / 2-SIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
A Correct Draught of the Harbours of Port Royal and Kingston, with the Keys and Shoals adjacent &c. ...
map_title
A Correct Draught of the Harbours of Port Royal and Kingston, with the Keys and Shoals adjacent &c. ...
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
[T. Osborne and J. Shipton]
publisher
[T. Osborne and J. Shipton]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1756]
publication_date
[1756]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
48.1 cm.
map_size_height
48.1 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
68.3 cm.
map_size_width
68.3 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; following p. viii
item_description
fold-out engraved map; following p. viii
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map and chart of Port Royal and Kingston, Jamaica. Cartographic elements include scale, soundings, locations of shoals or sea banks, names of bodies of water and geographical features, locations of gun batteries, fortifications, and buildings. Cartouche includes cannons, flags, swords, trumpets, muskets or guns, and pikes.
geographical_description
Map and chart of Port Royal and Kingston, Jamaica. Cartographic elements include scale, soundings, locations of shoals or sea banks, names of bodies of water and geographical features, locations of gun batteries, fortifications, and buildings. Cartouche includes cannons, flags, swords, trumpets, muskets or guns, and pikes.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790
source_author
Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790
Source author
false
Source title:
The civil and natural history of Jamaica ...
source_title
The civil and natural history of Jamaica ...
Source title
false
Source place:
London : Printed for the author; and sold to T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn., MDCCLVI
source_place
London : Printed for the author; and sold to T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn., MDCCLVI
Source place
false
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
geographic_area
Caribbean
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Jamaica was captured from the Spanish by the English in 1655. Port Royal was built on a spit of sand as a defensive fort to protect the harbor; it became one of the largest and most commercially important English towns in the Americas. It was also home to a great deal of pirate activity. On June 7, 1692, 33 acres of the town fell into the sea as the result of an earthquake. The town was rebuilt in 1702, but a storm, a hurricane, and two earthquakes in 1722 destroyed it finally. Only a small spit of land remains of what was a much larger peninsula.Browne was an Irish medical doctor who settled in Jamaica in 1746. There he collected 1200 species of plants, 400 more than Sloane. He retired to Ireland in 1771.
historical_notes
Jamaica was captured from the Spanish by the English in 1655. Port Royal was built on a spit of sand as a defensive fort to protect the harbor; it became one of the largest and most commercially important English towns in the Americas. It was also home to a great deal of pirate activity. On June 7, 1692, 33 acres of the town fell into the sea as the result of an earthquake. The town was rebuilt in 1702, but a storm, a hurricane, and two earthquakes in 1722 destroyed it finally. Only a small spit of land remains of what was a much larger peninsula.Browne was an Irish medical doctor who settled in Jamaica in 1746. There he collected 1200 species of plants, 400 more than Sloane. He retired to Ireland in 1771.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1756
normalized_date
1756
Normalized date
false
Creator:
J. Mynde
creator
J. Mynde
Creator
false
Creator:
Richard Jones
creator
Richard Jones
Creator
false