Novissima et accuratissima insulae Jamaicae descriptio
Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:550 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scale in English miles. Additional Places: Jamaica. Contents Note: Contains the colonial seal of the island, the shields of the first four governors, a dedication to Sir Joseph Williamson (secretary of state and an Assistant of the Royal Africa Company), and a table of precincts and settlements. Decorated with alligators. A map from 'Atlas Maritimus', or the Sea Atlas; being a book of maritime charts.
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Object Details
ID: | PBE6862(26) |
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Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Darby, John; Seller, John |
Places: | Jamaica |
Date made: | 1675 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Printed area 42.5 x 54 cm, on sheet 45 x 55.5cm. |