A New Map of the Island of Jamaica.

Fine mid-18th Century copper-engraved map of Jamaica, marking the roads, towns and churches, ports and the plantations, or "works", across the island. Just to the left of the title on the map, a panel of text states:

"Across the map, icons have been used to identify the locations of the plantations; a small tower for the sugar works, a small tower with a flag for the cotton works, a low-rise triangle for the indigo works, and a taller/evenly sided triangle for the cacao works. A key to these and the markers for the towns and churches can be found in the lower right corner of the map.



As well as the developing road network, the topography of the island has been charmingly illustrated and the parish divisions are shown using dotted lines. A listing of these parishes (or Precincts) can be found in the lower left corner of the map.


This is the simplified earlier printing of the map with the cartouche on the lower left and without the large annotation on the upper centre. It is based on the shape of Jamaica used by Moll on his large map of the West Indies. This in turn was based Morden's large map of the West Indies. Morden used Moll extensively as an engraver. Coloured. [WIND4363]