John Speed: A Map of Jamaica | Barbados
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Cartographer:
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John Speed
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Title:
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A Map of Jamaica | Barbados
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Date:
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1676
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Published:
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London
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Width:
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20 inches / 51 cm
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Height:
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15 inches / 39 cm
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Map ref:
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WIND3005
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Description:
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John Speed's celebrated maps of Barbados and Jamaica printed together on one page. Jamaica is divided into its parishes while Barbados just has several settlements and a single road marked. Published in the first world atlas by an English mapmaker, Speed's A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World. Decorated with rhumb lines, compass roses, and four strapwork cartouches, two bearing the royal coat of arms.
Coloured. [WIND3005] |