COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
28989
accession_number
28989
Accession Number
false
File Name:
28989-002
file_name
28989-002
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Er749.1
call_number
Cabinet Er749.1
Call number
false
Map title:
[upper right] [Northeast section of a map of Antigua]
map_title
[upper right] [Northeast section of a map of Antigua]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
Feb. 2d, 1748/9
publication_date
Feb. 2d, 1748/9
Publication date
false
Map size height:
54 cm.
map_size_height
54 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
68 cm.
map_size_width
68 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map on 4 sheets
item_description
Engraved map on 4 sheets
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Upper right section of four sheets of a map of the island of Antigua. Includes soundings, land use for the Navy, settlement with dwellings, gun batteries, scale, and some topographical details. Also includes top right corner of the island with sea banks or shoals marked, location of roads, settlements, windmills, fortifications, and harbors. Also includes ships, compass rose, and list of subscribers to the map. Inset at upper right: English Harbour. "J. Mynde sculpt."
geographical_description
Upper right section of four sheets of a map of the island of Antigua. Includes soundings, land use for the Navy, settlement with dwellings, gun batteries, scale, and some topographical details. Also includes top right corner of the island with sea banks or shoals marked, location of roads, settlements, windmills, fortifications, and harbors. Also includes ships, compass rose, and list of subscribers to the map. Inset at upper right: English Harbour. "J. Mynde sculpt."
Geographical description
false
Source title:
A new and exact map of the island of Antigua in America according to an actual and accurate survey made in the years 1746, 1747 & 1748 ..
source_title
A new and exact map of the island of Antigua in America according to an actual and accurate survey made in the years 1746, 1747 & 1748 ..
Source title
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
JCB copy formerly folded into Kane William Horneck, Engineer's report on the fortifications in the island of Antigua. 1752, manscript.
cartobibliographic_notes
JCB copy formerly folded into Kane William Horneck, Engineer's report on the fortifications in the island of Antigua. 1752, manscript.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
JCBAR 41:22-23 and 57:53-56; MCC 55 (Tooley, Antigua, no. 23); BMPM 2:231
references
JCBAR 41:22-23 and 57:53-56; MCC 55 (Tooley, Antigua, no. 23); BMPM 2:231
References
false
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
geographic_area
Caribbean
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
The first large-scale map of the island, produced under the supervision of Robert Baker, Surveyor General of the island. The list of approximately 350 subscribers amounts to a census of Antiguan planters, as well as others such as London officials, merchants, and the "Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at the Ship Coffee House East Smithfield" [London].
historical_notes
The first large-scale map of the island, produced under the supervision of Robert Baker, Surveyor General of the island. The list of approximately 350 subscribers amounts to a census of Antiguan planters, as well as others such as London officials, merchants, and the "Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at the Ship Coffee House East Smithfield" [London].
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1749
normalized_date
1749
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b54057140
lc_bibliographic_number
b54057140
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Baker, Robert
creator
Baker, Robert
Creator
false
Creator:
Mynde, James
creator
Mynde, James
Creator
false