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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
5163
File Name:
5163-1
Call number:
B658 M777d
Map title:
Plata forma q[ue] fabrico D. Ju[an] Fran[sis]co montem[ay]or de Cuenca q[ue] inpidio la entrada de la armada Ynglesa en el puerto los circulos son las poblaciones Yrancherias que ocupaba el enemigo frances ...
Place of Publication:
[Mexico]
Publisher:
[Juan Ruiz]
Publication date:
[1658]
Map size height:
16.8 cm
Map size width:
27.3 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; preceding p. 1
Geographical description:
Map of Hispaniola showing present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic, including scenes of warfare and naval warfare. Also includes Cuba, Jamaica, and the island of Tortuga. Cartographic elements include topographical details, location of rivers (for fresh water), towns, dwellings, and fortifications, compass rose, and scale. Also includes ships, fort, sugar mill, churches, battalions of soldiers, and dwellings. Items in the image are numbered for identification in text.
Source author:
Montemayor y Córdova de Cuenca, Juan Francisco de, 1620-1685
Source title:
Discurso politico historico juridico del derecho y repartimiento de presas y despojos apprehendidos en justa guerra ...
Source place:
Con licencia en Mexico : Por Ivan ︠Ruiz impressor, ano de 1658
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
Historical notes:
This early map, one of the few to show Hispaniola under Spanish rule, shows Tortuga Island enlarged with decorative details. Tortuga was both too small and too logistically important to have a settled history. Skirmishing by the French, Spanish, English, and Dutch, left it open to lawlessness, and eventually pirates established a foothold on the island until laws in 1680 abolished piracy and forbade sailing under a foreign flag.
Normalized date:
1658
Creator:
Juan Francisco de Montemayor y Córdova de Cuenca

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Plata forma q[ue] fabrico D. Ju[an] Fran[sis]co montem[ay]or de Cuenca q[ue] inpidio la entrada de la armada Ynglesa en el puerto los circulos son las poblaciones Yrancherias que ocupaba el enemigo frances ...