COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
10960
accession_number
10960
Accession Number
false
File Name:
10960
file_name
10960
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet En68 ViN74
call_number
Cabinet En68 ViN74
Call number
false
Map title:
Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion. non postremae Secundum Gubernationes ...
map_title
Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion. non postremae Secundum Gubernationes ...
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Augustae Vindel. [Augsburg]
place_of_publication
Augustae Vindel. [Augsburg]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Matthaeo Seuttero [Matthäus Seutter]
publisher
Matthaeo Seuttero [Matthäus Seutter]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1744
publication_date
1744
Publication date
false
Map size height:
49.1 cm.
map_size_height
49.1 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
56.3 cm.
map_size_width
56.3 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving, hand coloring
item_description
engraving, hand coloring
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Jamaica. Cartographic elements include sea banks or shoals, compass rose, scales, degrees of longitude and latitude, precinct divisions, and some topographical details. Decorative cartouche includes mermaid, scene of slaves harvesting sugar cane and making sugar. Also includes slaves preparing food [?], a native American in feathered headdress and garments, coconut palms, and turtles or tortoises.
geographical_description
Map of Jamaica. Cartographic elements include sea banks or shoals, compass rose, scales, degrees of longitude and latitude, precinct divisions, and some topographical details. Decorative cartouche includes mermaid, scene of slaves harvesting sugar cane and making sugar. Also includes slaves preparing food [?], a native American in feathered headdress and garments, coconut palms, and turtles or tortoises.
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
This map is a close copy of Nicolaes Visscher's map of Jamaica, Amsterdam, ca. 1720. Phillips gives the date of ca. 1744 for it.
cartobibliographic_notes
This map is a close copy of Nicolaes Visscher's map of Jamaica, Amsterdam, ca. 1720. Phillips gives the date of ca. 1744 for it.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Kapp, K, "The Printed Maps of Jamaica," MCC, 42, no. 56; Phillips, P.L. Atlases, 5976, no. 143; British Museum Printed Maps, 8/31; William L. Clements Library 3:326
references
Kapp, K, "The Printed Maps of Jamaica," MCC, 42, no. 56; Phillips, P.L. Atlases, 5976, no. 143; British Museum Printed Maps, 8/31; William L. Clements Library 3:326
References
false
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
geographic_area
Caribbean
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1744
normalized_date
1744
Normalized date
false