Matthaus Seutter: Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae
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Cartographer:
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Matthaus Seutter
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Title:
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Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae
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Date:
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c. 1760
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Published:
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Augsburg
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Width:
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22 inches / 56 cm
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Height:
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20 inches / 51 cm
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Map ref:
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WIND3569
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Description:
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Glorious map of the island of Jamaica divided into its governing parishes and marking plantation sites with a small o.
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The large and finely engraved title cartouche shows plantation slaves, cultivating the land and collecting commodities such as sugar cane. A mermaid and turtles in the foreground of the scene.
Original hand colour. [WIND3569] |