COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
28963
accession_number
28963
Accession Number
false
File Name:
28963-000
file_name
28963-000
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Ej774 SpJ
call_number
Cabinet Ej774 SpJ
Call number
false
Map title:
To His Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies is humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness faithful & obedient servant Joseph Smith Speer
map_title
To His Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies is humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness faithful & obedient servant Joseph Smith Speer
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Westminister
place_of_publication
Westminister
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Capt. Speer, Bridge Street
publisher
Capt. Speer, Bridge Street
Publisher
false
Publication date:
May 20th, 1774
publication_date
May 20th, 1774
Publication date
false
Map size height:
73 cm.
map_size_height
73 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
118 cm.
map_size_width
118 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map, colored
item_description
Engraved map, colored
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the Caribbean islands including southern North America, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. European possessions shown by color. Engraved medallion. Engraved on recto, "Arts. And. Commerce. Promoted. Society Inst. London MDCCLIII." Engraved on verso, "To. Captn. Joseph. Smith. Speer. For Svrveys and charts of the West Indies & c. MDCCLXXIV." Medallion received by Speer from the Society of the Arts as an award for this chart of the West Indies. "Barnes fecit." Certification by "John Pownall, Secr." dated "Plantation Office, Whitehall, January 25, 1774."
geographical_description
Map of the Caribbean islands including southern North America, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. European possessions shown by color. Engraved medallion. Engraved on recto, "Arts. And. Commerce. Promoted. Society Inst. London MDCCLIII." Engraved on verso, "To. Captn. Joseph. Smith. Speer. For Svrveys and charts of the West Indies & c. MDCCLXXIV." Medallion received by Speer from the Society of the Arts as an award for this chart of the West Indies. "Barnes fecit." Certification by "John Pownall, Secr." dated "Plantation Office, Whitehall, January 25, 1774."
Geographical description
false
References:
BMPM 13/660
references
BMPM 13/660
References
false
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
geographic_area
Caribbean
Geographic Area
false
Scale 1:
ca. 5,000,000
scale_1
ca. 5,000,000
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1774
normalized_date
1774
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b53977075
lc_bibliographic_number
b53977075
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Speer, Joseph Smith
creator
Speer, Joseph Smith
Creator
false
Creator:
Barnes
creator
Barnes
Creator
false