COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
C-7311
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C-7311
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File Name:
C-7311-000
file_name
C-7311-000
File Name
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Call number:
Cabinet Eh76 RoG
call_number
Cabinet Eh76 RoG
Call number
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Map title:
A draught of the Bay of Honduras and part of the Musquetto Shore by George Robertson
map_title
A draught of the Bay of Honduras and part of the Musquetto Shore by George Robertson
Map title
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Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Sold by J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower hill
publisher
Sold by J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower hill
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[ca. 1766]
publication_date
[ca. 1766]
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Map size height:
73 cm.
map_size_height
73 cm.
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Map size width:
104 cm.
map_size_width
104 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map on 2 sheets
item_description
Engraved map on 2 sheets
Item description
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Geographical description:
Chart of the Bay of Honduras and part of the Mosquito Shore showing anchorages and soundings and gives topographical notes, the longest (at lower right) concluding "All to the eastward of Cape Honduras, is inhabited by the Musqueto Indians, who are a free nation that never was conquered by the Spaniards; they allow none to trade with them but British subjects." At right of bottom center an elaborate cartouche of rococo mouldings, trees, etc., with a fouled anchor in a panel above, and inscribed in the large central panel "To the Right Hon. Earl of Egmont Sr. Charles Saunders, Hon. Augs. Keppel, R.H. Chs. Townshend, Hon Sr. Wm. Meredith, Hon Jno. Buller, Hon. Jno. York, Lords Commissioners, for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Gt. Britain, the chart is most humbly dedicated, by their Lordship's most obedient hble. servt. George Robertson ..." This was the membership of the Board of Admiralty between 21 Dec. 1765 and 15 Sept. 1766 (J.C. Sainty, Admiralty officials (1975), p. 24). "Larken Sculp. Somerset Street," on small lower panel of cartouche. Scale expressed in a decorative "Scale of twenty leagues" at lower left. Inset at upper right: A large draught of Truxillo Bay in lattid. 16?4' No.
geographical_description
Chart of the Bay of Honduras and part of the Mosquito Shore showing anchorages and soundings and gives topographical notes, the longest (at lower right) concluding "All to the eastward of Cape Honduras, is inhabited by the Musqueto Indians, who are a free nation that never was conquered by the Spaniards; they allow none to trade with them but British subjects." At right of bottom center an elaborate cartouche of rococo mouldings, trees, etc., with a fouled anchor in a panel above, and inscribed in the large central panel "To the Right Hon. Earl of Egmont Sr. Charles Saunders, Hon. Augs. Keppel, R.H. Chs. Townshend, Hon Sr. Wm. Meredith, Hon Jno. Buller, Hon. Jno. York, Lords Commissioners, for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Gt. Britain, the chart is most humbly dedicated, by their Lordship's most obedient hble. servt. George Robertson ..." This was the membership of the Board of Admiralty between 21 Dec. 1765 and 15 Sept. 1766 (J.C. Sainty, Admiralty officials (1975), p. 24). "Larken Sculp. Somerset Street," on small lower panel of cartouche. Scale expressed in a decorative "Scale of twenty leagues" at lower left. Inset at upper right: A large draught of Truxillo Bay in lattid. 16?4' No.
Geographical description
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References:
Kapp, Printed maps of Central America (MCC 106), no. 55
references
Kapp, Printed maps of Central America (MCC 106), no. 55
References
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Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
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Scale 1:
ca. 440,000
scale_1
ca. 440,000
Scale 1
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Normalized date:
1766
normalized_date
1766
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b53976873
lc_bibliographic_number
b53976873
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Robertson, George, master of H. M. S. Dolphin
creator
Robertson, George, master of H. M. S. Dolphin
Creator
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