COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
08570
File Name:
08570-10
Call number:
D760 J46n / 2-SIZE
Map title:
The Island and Colony of Cayenne subject to the French, on the Continent of South America.
Place of Publication:
[London]
Publisher:
Thos. Jefferys
Publication date:
1760
Map size height:
36.6 cm.
Map size width:
44.2 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; part 2, following p. 192
Geographical description:
Map and chart of Cayenne, present-day French Guiana. Cartographic elements include degrees of longitude and latitude, scales, soundings, topographical details, locations of houses, churches, sugar works, and fugitive slaves. Letters designate locations of coffee, sugar, and rocou plantations explained in key at upper right.
Source author:
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Source title:
The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America. ... Illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places, collected from the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, ...
Source place:
London : Printed for T. Jefferys, 1760
Geographic Area:
South America
Historical notes:
The French succeeded in establishing a permanent settlement at Cayenne in 1643.
Normalized date:
1760
Creator:
Thomas Jefferys
The Island and Colony of Cayenne subject to the French, on the Continent of South America.
