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The eastern part of Cuba and the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola are depicted on this map which appeared in the French school atlas, "Atlas Universel de Geographic Physique et Politique". The atlas was published in several editions at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The political situation on the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola during this time period is evident here. By the end of the 18th century, British colonialism had imposed on Jamaica rather ill-fitting and contrived English-style counties with names such as Middlesex and Surry, names that are still used today. On Hispaniola, meanwhile, the Treaty of 1777 had given birth to the border between present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This separation is clearly delineated on this map.
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Document identity
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x633f9871
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Carte des isles de la Jamaïque et de St. Domingue
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
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x633f9871
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Carte des isles de la Jamaïque et de St. Domingue
description
The eastern part of Cuba and the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola are depicted on this map which appeared in the French school atlas, "Atlas Universel de Geographic Physique et Politique". The atlas was published in several editions at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The political situation on the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola during this time period is evident here. By the end of the 18th century, British colonialism had imposed on Jamaica rather ill-fitting and contrived English-style counties with names such as Middlesex and Surry, names that are still used today. On Hispaniola, meanwhile, the Treaty of 1777 had given birth to the border between present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This separation is clearly delineated on this map.
date
["[1800]"]
year
1800
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
05_04_000019
creators
Mentelle, E. (Edme), 1730-1815
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Jamaica--Maps
Haiti--Maps
Dominican Republic--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Jamaica
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z222j
schema:latitude
18.25
schema:longitude
-77.5
extent
1 map : col. ; 45 x 34 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Appears in Mentelle's Atlas universal de geographie. Paris. 1797-1801.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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x633f9871
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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