COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-7104
accession_number
C-7104
Accession Number
false
File Name:
C-7104a
file_name
C-7104a
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Et722 MaW
call_number
Cabinet Et722 MaW
Call number
false
Map title:
A New & Exact Map of the Island of Barbadoes in America According to an Actual & Accurate Survey Made in the Years 1717 to 1721 ...
map_title
A New & Exact Map of the Island of Barbadoes in America According to an Actual & Accurate Survey Made in the Years 1717 to 1721 ...
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
1722
publication_date
1722
Publication date
false
Map size height:
46.5 cm.
map_size_height
46.5 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
110.5 cm.
map_size_width
110.5 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving, hand coloring
item_description
engraving, hand coloring
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Barbados in two sheets. This part contains the upper portion of the map. Cartographic elements include scales, compass rose, shoals or sea banks, some topographical details, location of roads, plantations, windmills, and churches. Includes inset plan of the town of Bridgetown with items lettered for indentification in key at left, vignette of a surveyor who is assisted by Black people in a pastoral scene with windmills, dwellings, and surveying instruments such as measuring wheel, transit, and chains. Also includes decorative cartouche with dolphins or fish, allegorical figures, and musical instruments.
geographical_description
Map of Barbados in two sheets. This part contains the upper portion of the map. Cartographic elements include scales, compass rose, shoals or sea banks, some topographical details, location of roads, plantations, windmills, and churches. Includes inset plan of the town of Bridgetown with items lettered for indentification in key at left, vignette of a surveyor who is assisted by Black people in a pastoral scene with windmills, dwellings, and surveying instruments such as measuring wheel, transit, and chains. Also includes decorative cartouche with dolphins or fish, allegorical figures, and musical instruments.
Geographical description
false
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
geographic_area
Caribbean
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Known for his extensive work surveying and mapping Virginia, Mayo produced this first large-scale map of Barbados which fixed the legal boundaries of the parishes for the first time.
historical_notes
Known for his extensive work surveying and mapping Virginia, Mayo produced this first large-scale map of Barbados which fixed the legal boundaries of the parishes for the first time.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1722
normalized_date
1722
Normalized date
false
Creator:
John Senex
creator
John Senex
Creator
false
Creator:
William Mayo
creator
William Mayo
Creator
false