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Source Description
This chart was published in John Harris's "Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels". Although the chart also includes the eastern coast of the Americas, its main function was to aid in the navigation through the Caribbean Sea and around the West Indian islands. Currents were indicated by arrows and deeper waters by darker shading. The text scattered throughout the map is primarily historical in nature, mentioning, for example, Columbus' landing in San Salvador, and the British annexation of the Bahamas in 1707. Navigational advice was also provided, as well as a detailed description of how to carry cargo overland across Central America from "the South Sea" (the Pacific) to the "North Sea" (the Caribbean) and back to Europe. "Inconveniences" along the trade routes included rough trade winds and pirates.
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Document identity
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x633f8459
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A new and accurate chart of the West Indies
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f8459
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new and accurate chart of the West Indies
description
This chart was published in John Harris's "Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels". Although the chart also includes the eastern coast of the Americas, its main function was to aid in the navigation through the Caribbean Sea and around the West Indian islands. Currents were indicated by arrows and deeper waters by darker shading. The text scattered throughout the map is primarily historical in nature, mentioning, for example, Columbus' landing in San Salvador, and the British annexation of the Bahamas in 1707. Navigational advice was also provided, as well as a detailed description of how to carry cargo overland across Central America from "the South Sea" (the Pacific) to the "North Sea" (the Caribbean) and back to Europe. "Inconveniences" along the trade routes included rough trade winds and pirates.
date
["1748"]
year
1748
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000142
creators
Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Caribbean Sea
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
John Harris
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z222j
extent
1 map : col. ; 45 x 37 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes the coasts of North, America, Central America and South America.
Includes historical descrptions of areas presented.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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no
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x633f8459
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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3daafae7a755239c