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Novissima et acuratissima Barbados descriptio per Johannem Ogilvium Cosmographum Regium
Copper plate engraving of Barbados by John Ogilby. Graduated for latitude, scale in English miles. Anchorages and rocks are indicated around the coast and rhumb lines cover the entire sheet. Plantations are named and crops are depicted and labelled. There is a scene of enslaved people at work.
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Object Details
| ID: | G245:15/44 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ogilby, John |
| Places: | Barbados; Lesser Antilles |
| Date made: | 1671 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 40 cm x 44 cm |