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.

Object Details

ID: G245:15/44
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
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