Charte over den Danske Oe St Croix i America
Two sheets. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:26 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 21 degrees. Ungraduated, with land relief, soundings and shoals marked. Scale in Danish miles. Additional Places: Caribbean, Virgin Islands. Contents Note: The island was laid out in a rectilinear grid of roads and property boundaries, The title cartouche depicts: enslaved people receiving orders from a mounted white overseer; a mother with small children outside a tent; men carrying firewood with a donkey and several buildings including a windmill, There is a population table of white', 'coloured' and 'black' inhabitants.
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