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Source Description
This combination map of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Hispaniola was published in the 1817 edition of Thomson's "New General Atlas". Although by this time Puerto Rico and the eastern half of Hispaniola were both firmly in the hands of the Spanish, the Taino words for the big islands are given alongside their Spanish names -- "Boiiquá and "Haiti." These maps are primarily topographical, recording very few human settlements, but mountains, rivers, inlets, bays, capes, and other coastal features are recorded in detail.
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Document identity
localId
6t053s75w
label
Porto Rico and Virgin Isles
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6t053s75w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Porto Rico and Virgin Isles
description
This combination map of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Hispaniola was published in the 1817 edition of Thomson's "New General Atlas". Although by this time Puerto Rico and the eastern half of Hispaniola were both firmly in the hands of the Spanish, the Taino words for the big islands are given alongside their Spanish names -- "Boiiquá and "Haiti." These maps are primarily topographical, recording very few human settlements, but mountains, rivers, inlets, bays, capes, and other coastal features are recorded in detail.
date
["[1817]"]
year
1817
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000140
creators
Thomson, John, 19th cent.
J. & G. Menzies
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Puerto Rico--Maps
Virgin Islands--Maps
Hispaniola--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Hispaniola
North and Central America
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Edinburgh
publisher
J.Thomson
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
18.2333
schema:longitude
-66.55
extent
1 map : col. ; 61 x 52 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
"Drawn and engraved for Thomas' New General Atlas, Feb., 1815."
Appears in Thomson's New general atlas. Edinburgh. 1817.
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no
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6t053s75w
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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