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The Island of Barbados, 1657

Referenced by Selection:

Geographic Area Covered:

Barbados

Geographic Coordinates:

(W 59°39ʹ20ʺ--W 59°25ʹ02ʺ/N 13°20ʹ12ʺ--N 13°02ʹ33ʺ)

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Full Title: A topographicall description and admeasurement of the yland of Barbados in the West Indyaes : with the mrs. names of the seureall plantacons

Creators:

Ligon, Richard

Publisher:

Moseley, Humphrey, -1661

Publisher Location:

London

Date Created:

1657

Contributors:

Moseley, Humphrey, -1661

Subjects:

Landowners, Plantations

Form/Genre:

Maps

Context of Travel:

Trade routes, Migration

Time Period Covered:

1657

Notes:

Scale [ca. 1:94,667]

Relief shown pictorially.

Oriented with north at upper left.

Identifies landowners and includes illustrations of horsemen, fugitive slaves, and animals; sea decorated with ships and monsters.

A later state of this map, with the addition of "Forole Bay" on the southeast coast, was issued in 1673.

Contained In:

In: Ligon, Richard. True & exact history of the island of Barbados. --London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657

Citation

Ligon, Richard, "A Topographicall Description and Admeasurement of the Yland of Barbados in the West Indyaes : With the Mrs. Names of the Seureall Plantacons", in True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados (London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657), plate [1]. VAULT folio Ayer 1000.5 .B22 L7 1657

Newberry Call Number:

VAULT folio Ayer 1000.5 .B22 L7 1657

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Geographic Area Covered:

Barbados

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map ; 37 x 52 cm, folded to 28 x 16 cm

Digital Image Rights Holder:

Newberry Library

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