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Map A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, & settlements are accurately laid down, as well as the situations & depths of the most noted harbours and anchoring places ...

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Title

  • A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, & settlements are accurately laid down, as well as the situations & depths of the most noted harbours and anchoring places ...

Names

  • Bowles, John, 1701-1779.
  • Sheffield, active 18th century.
  • Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for J. Bowles and C. Bowles [177-?]

Headings

  • -  Jamaica--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Port Royal (Jamaica)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Jamaica
  • -  Jamaica--Port Royal

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:500,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1926
  • -  Includes inset "A general plan of Port Royal, in which the different states of the town are accurately laid down," ca. 1:3,200.
  • -  "XIV" and "14" on verso.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 49 x 56 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4960 177- .B6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 73691850

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bowles, John, Active 18Th Century Sheffield, and Carington Bowles. A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, & settlements are accurately laid down, as well as the situations & depths of the most noted harbours and anchoring places. [London, Printed for J. Bowles and C. Bowles 177-?, 1770] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/73691850/.

APA citation style:

Bowles, J., Sheffield, A. 1. C. & Bowles, C. (1770) A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, & settlements are accurately laid down, as well as the situations & depths of the most noted harbours and anchoring places. [London, Printed for J. Bowles and C. Bowles 177-?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/73691850/.

MLA citation style:

Bowles, John, Active 18Th Century Sheffield, and Carington Bowles. A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, & settlements are accurately laid down, as well as the situations & depths of the most noted harbours and anchoring places. [London, Printed for J. Bowles and C. Bowles 177-?, 1770] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/73691850/>.