Portolan chart of the West Indies

Description

Title: Portolan chart of the West Indies
Published / Created: [approximately 1760]
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Unsigned and undated.
North oriented towards the left.
On Jamaica the name "Kiniston" (Kingston) has been added early on, presumably about 1695, soon after its foundation, and in Haiti the name St. Luiz at a later period.
In the corner there is a table of the Florida and Cuban cays with their locations on the map. On the Island of Jamaica is marked Pta. Portland, presumably named after the Earl of Portland, councillor for trade and navigation, who died in 1663, or his son, who was killed fighting the Dutch in the battle off the Texel in 1665.
Color: pen and ink with green and blue shading.
Extent: 1 map : sheet 64 x 100 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:2,800,000
Coordinates: (W 85°00ʹ00ʺ--W 72°00ʹ00ʺ/N 30°25ʹ00ʺ--N 10°15ʹ00ʺ).
Language: Spanish

Genre: Maps
Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps
Portolan charts
Material: manuscript, color, vellum ;
Resource Type: cartographic image
Subject (Geographic): West Indies
Caribbean Sea
Florida, Straits of
Subject (Topic): Pilot guides
Maps
Nautical charts
Subjects: West Indies > Maps > Early works to 1800
Pilot guides > Caribbean Sea > Maps > Early works to 1800
Pilot guides > Florida, Straits of > Maps > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > Caribbean Sea > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > Florida, Straits of > Early works to 1800

Access: Public
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