Tilforladelig kort over eylandet St. Croix udi America : saaledes som det ved en acurat udmaaling er befunden met quarterernes nayne og enhver plantagies nummer estler hvilke de udi matriculen findes indeforte og til enhver kiöber cederet beliggende paa 17 grader 38 minuter norder brefe

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Title:
Tilforladelig kort over eylandet St. Croix udi America : saaledes som det ved en acurat udmaaling er befunden met quarterernes nayne og enhver plantagies nummer estler hvilke de udi matriculen findes indeforte og til enhver kiöber cederet beliggende paa 17 grader 38 minuter norder brefe
Title (alt.):
Tegning til byen Friderichstæd
Tegning over beyen Christianstæd
Contributor:
De Lode, Odvardt Helmoldt, approximately 1726-1757
Creator:
Beck, Jens Michelsen
Name on Item:
tegnet af I.M. Beck
Date:
1754
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Real property--Virgin Islands--Saint Croix--Maps
Slavery--Pictorial works
Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands)--Maps
Christiansted (United States Virgin Islands)--Maps
Frederiksted (United States Virgin Islands)--Maps
Moltke, Adam Gottlob, 1710-1792
Places:
Virgin Islands of the United States (territory) > Saint Croix (island)
Virgin Islands of the United States (territory) > Christiansted
Virgin Islands of the United States (territory) > Frederiksted
Extent:
1 map with ms. additions : col. ; 48.2 x 74.7 cm.
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Place of origin:
Haffiniæ [Copenhagen]
Scale:
Scales vary.
Language:
Danish
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Engraved by: O.H. de Lode.
Dedicated to Adam Gotlob Moltke.
Detailed cadastral map of island showing individual properties and locations of windmills.
Map officially updated in manuscript in 1767 to give names of all property owners and locations of sugar mills added since original publication in 1754. Manuscript additions made to northwest coast of island as well.
Includes manuscript tabulation of number and general location of all windmills.
Insets are plans of two principal towns on the island. Plan of Christiansted has been updated by manuscript addition of street names.
Cartouche shows a slave, sugar cane, and bundles of produce of the island.
Identifier:
9140
Barcode:
B3649513