COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
34920
Record number:
34920-4
JCB call number:
D732 C563c / 1-SIZE
Image title:
The Prospect of Fort Royal of Martinico, as it sheweth from the Entry of the Harbour call'd Cul de Sac Royal.
Creator 1:
I. Kip
Creator 1 role:
Sculp
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[Awnsham and John Churchill]
Image date:
[1732]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 5, following p. 570
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
26.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
46 cm. [both pages]
Page dimension height:
31.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
47.3 cm. [both pages]
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
View of Fort Royal on Martinique. Includes fortifications, dwellings, prison, powder house, batteries, general's house, boats, and ships. Also includes inset of coast, including profile of Mount Pelée. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at upper left.
Source Title:
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts. ... Vol. V.
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed, by Assignment from Messrs Churchill, For John Walthoe ...
Source date:
M. DCC. XXXII. [1732]
notes:
Fort Royal was settled in 1762 by the French who used it as an operation center for their interests in the Caribbean. In 1801 by the decree of Napoleon Bonaparte, the name of Fort Royal was changed to Fort de France. This edition was compiled by Awnsham and John Churchill. The artist may be Johannes Kip (1663-1722), a Dutch draftsman and engraver, active in Great Britain, although this book was published after his death.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R. I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Fortification
Subject headings:
Martinique--Description and travel
The Prospect of Fort Royal of Martinico, as it sheweth from the Entry of the Harbour call'...
