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.

Object Details

ID: PBE6862(26)
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.