COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
05-119
File Name:
05-119-000
Call number:
Cabinet Ej740 /1
Map title:
The seat of war in the West Indies, containing new & accurate plans of the Havana, la Vera Cruz, Cartagena and Puert Bello-- also of San Augustin
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
Publish'd ... by G. Foster at the White Horse in St. Paul's Church[illeg.]
Publication date:
Feb. 9, 1739/40
Map size height:
40 cm.
Map size width:
46 cm.
Item description:
5 maps and 1 profile on 1 sheet
Geographical description:
Map of the Caribbean islands including seven harbor charts (of Saint Augustine, Florida; the harbor in the bay of Honda, Cuba; the harbor of Puerto Bello [Portobelo]; the harbor of Cartagena in present-day Colombia; the harbor of Vera Cruz; and the harbor of Havana, Cuba) and a view of El Moro castle in Havana, Cuba, and the castle of San Juan de Ulua, Veracruz, Mexico. Items in the image are lettered and numbered for identification in keys on map. Engraved text above and below the discusses the history and strength of the Spanish presence in the Caribbean.
References:
Kapp, MCC 77, no. 262
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
Historical notes:
This map was produced to build support for the War of Jenkins' Ear, a conflict between Britain and Spain lasting from 1739 to 1741 or 1742 when it became part of the War of the Austrian Succession. By the provisions of the 1729 Treaty of Seville, Britain had agreed not to trade with Spanish colonies, and the Spanish were permitted to board British vessels to verify their compliance. During one such boarding, the captain Robert Jenkins claimed that the Spanish had cut off his ear. Approximately 3,300 Virginians and Georgians fought with the British forces sent to the Caribbean, making this war the first foreign war fought by American colonists. The English suffered shocking losses, and no appreciable territorial gains or losses were accrued.
Normalized date:
1740
LC bibliographic number:
b53976976
The seat of war in the West Indies, containing new & accurate plans of the Havana, la Vera...
