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.
English text on verso. Image available on request. Coloured.
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