Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
In this composite map of five West Indian islands, separate maps of Cuba and Hispaniola are flanked on the left by insets of Jamaica, Puerto Rico (here called the island of St. John), and St. Margaret (north of Puerto Rico), and the port of Havana at the upper right. Like the Ortelius map, these early maps of Cuba and Hispaniola are covered with indigenous Taino place names. In addition to the Spanish name, the native names of Haity and Quisqueia are used for Hispaniola, and Taino place names such as Xaragua and Yaguana are used alongside Spanish names. Eventually, the Taino settlements disappeared and their names were permanently replaced by Spanish and French names. This map is found in the 1630 Dutch edition of the Mercator and Hondius Atlas Minor issued by Jan Jansson. First published in 1607, this small-format atlas was based on Mercator's larger folio atlas, entitled simply "Atlas" originally published in 1595. This was the first time that title was applied to a book of maps.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
x633f9668
label
Beschryvinghe der eylanden van Cuba, Hispaniola, Iamaica, S. Ioannis ende Margarita
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f9668
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Beschryvinghe der eylanden van Cuba, Hispaniola, Iamaica, S. Ioannis ende Margarita
description
In this composite map of five West Indian islands, separate maps of Cuba and Hispaniola are flanked on the left by insets of Jamaica, Puerto Rico (here called the island of St. John), and St. Margaret (north of Puerto Rico), and the port of Havana at the upper right. Like the Ortelius map, these early maps of Cuba and Hispaniola are covered with indigenous Taino place names. In addition to the Spanish name, the native names of Haity and Quisqueia are used for Hispaniola, and Taino place names such as Xaragua and Yaguana are used alongside Spanish names. Eventually, the Taino settlements disappeared and their names were permanently replaced by Spanish and French names. This map is found in the 1630 Dutch edition of the Mercator and Hondius Atlas Minor issued by Jan Jansson. First published in 1607, this small-format atlas was based on Mercator's larger folio atlas, entitled simply "Atlas" originally published in 1595. This was the first time that title was applied to a book of maps.
date
["1630"]
year
1630
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Dutch
identifierLocal
05_04_000133
creators
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Cuba--Maps--Early works to 1800
Hispaniola--Maps--Early works to 1800
Jamaica--Maps--Early works to 1800
Puerto Rico--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Cuba
Hispaniola
Jamaica
North and Central America
Puerto Rico
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Cuba
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
Jan Jansson
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
21.5
schema:longitude
-80
extent
1 map : col. ; 36 x 49 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Appears in Mercator and Hondius' Atlas Minor. Amsterdam. 1630.
Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL)
hasTranscription
no
dcId
x633f9668
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8a9abcc305cec2bc