Barbadoes

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Barbadoes
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Item Information

Title:
Barbadoes
Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Name on Item:
surveyed by William Mayo ; engraved and improved by Thomas Jefferys.
Date:
1775
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Barbados--Maps--Early works to 1800
Barbados--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Barbados
Extent:
1 map ; 59 x 46 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:65,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows forested areas, shoals, parish boundaries, forts, churches, landowners with sugar processing facilities, etc.
Includes 2 island profiles and listing of "The area of each parish in acres."
"Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, no. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Feby. 1775."
Prime meridians: Ferro and London.
Appears in the author's West-India atlas. London : Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1783 [i.e. 1788].
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Identifier:
06_01_006381
Call #:
G5140 1775 .J44
Barcode:
39999059025286