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The second largest Caribbean island, known to the Spanish as Hispaniola or Española and to the French as Saint Domingue, was first explored by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and became the center of Spanish rule in the 16th century. While the Spanish settlements were concentrated on the eastern two thirds of the island, buccaneers occupied the western third during the 17th century. Consequently in 1697, Spain ceded the western third to France. Although the French name is applied to the entire island on this 1725 map by the noted French geographer Guillaume Delisle, the Spanish presence on the eastern part of the island is acknowledged with the designation, "Quartiers des Espagnols," while the French area is labeled "Quartiers du Nord " and "Quartiers du Sud." Delisle's rendition of the island is based on a 1722 map prepared by the French engineer Amédée Frézier.
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Document identity
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3t947c028
label
Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
3t947c028
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue
description
The second largest Caribbean island, known to the Spanish as Hispaniola or Española and to the French as Saint Domingue, was first explored by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and became the center of Spanish rule in the 16th century. While the Spanish settlements were concentrated on the eastern two thirds of the island, buccaneers occupied the western third during the 17th century. Consequently in 1697, Spain ceded the western third to France. Although the French name is applied to the entire island on this 1725 map by the noted French geographer Guillaume Delisle, the Spanish presence on the eastern part of the island is acknowledged with the designation, "Quartiers des Espagnols," while the French area is labeled "Quartiers du Nord " and "Quartiers du Sud." Delisle's rendition of the island is based on a 1722 map prepared by the French engineer Amédée Frézier.
date
["1725"]
year
1725
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
05_04_000120
creators
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Hispaniola--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Hispaniola
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
chez l'Auteur
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
19
schema:longitude
-71
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 45 x 59 cm. on sheet 56 x 65 cm.
notes
Detached from unidentified source.
Relief shown pictorially.
"Lieues marines Francoises de 20 au degré. Lieues communes de France de 25 au degré. Lieues Espagnoles de 17 1/2 au degré."
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3t947c028
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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