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D2006-CMD-440
THE PRINCIPALL ISLANDS IN AMERICA BELONGING TO THE ENGLISH EMPIRE VIZ IAMAICA,/ BARBADOS, ANTEGOA, S.T CHRISTOPHERS, & BERMUDOS.
D2006-CMD-440

THE PRINCIPALL ISLANDS IN AMERICA BELONGING TO THE ENGLISH EMPIRE VIZ IAMAICA,/ BARBADOS, ANTEGOA, S.T CHRISTOPHERS, & BERMUDOS.

Dateca. 1698
Publisher
Cartographer
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color on laid paper
DimensionsOH: 24 3/4" x OW: 20 7/8"; Plate H: 19 3/8" x W: 22 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Antique Collectors' Guild and The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund
Object number2003-90
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "THE PRINCIPALL ISLANDS IN AMERICA BELONGING TO THE ENGLISH EMPIRE VIZ IAMAICA,/ BARBADOS, ANTEGOA, S.T CHRISTOPHERS, & BERMUDOS./ Sold by Phillip Lea at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside."

The cartouche in the upper center map reads: "A GENERAL MAP/ of the/ CARIBY ISLANDS/ Distinguished thus./ English .E./ French .F./ Spanish .S./ Duch . D."

The cartouche on the lower map reads: "THE EXPLANATION OF THE/ MARKS IN THE ISLAND OF/ IAMAICA/ Towns/ Sugar works/ Indico works/ Cotton works/ Cacao Walke/ Craules & penns/ for hoggs & Cattel"
Inscription(s)"37" at top left and top right cornersProvenanceBefore 2003, Henry G. Taliaferro (New York, NY); 2003-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
2022-153, Map
Lewis Evans (ca. 1700-1756)
1755