COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
RUMSEY~8~1
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Collection
true
Author:
Jefferys, Thomas
author
Jefferys, Thomas
Author
false
Date:
1775
date
1775
Date
false
Short Title:
Jamaica from the latest surveys.
short_title
Jamaica from the latest surveys.
Short Title
false
Publisher:
Sayer and Bennett
publisher
Sayer and Bennett
Publisher
false
Publisher Location:
London
publisher_location
London
Publisher Location
false
Type:
Atlas Map
type
Atlas Map
Type
false
Obj Height cm:
47
obj_height_cm
47
Obj Height cm
false
Obj Width cm:
62
obj_width_cm
62
Obj Width cm
false
Scale 1:
500,000
scale_1
500,000
Scale 1
false
Note:
Engraved map. Shows forested areas, anchorages, etc. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings and isoline. Inset maps at ca. 1:95,000 scale: The harbour of Bluefields -- The harbours of Kingston and Port Royal.
note
Engraved map. Shows forested areas, anchorages, etc. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings and isoline. Inset maps at ca. 1:95,000 scale: The harbour of Bluefields -- The harbours of Kingston and Port Royal.
Note
false
Reference:
cf Kapp, Printed maps of Jamaica up to 1825, 101 (1775 and later eds.); LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789. 1930 (1775 and later eds.); NMM 360 (1775 edition), 366 (1796 edition); P2701 (1787 edition), P2702 (1794 edition)
reference
cf Kapp, Printed maps of Jamaica up to 1825, 101 (1775 and later eds.); LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789. 1930 (1775 and later eds.); NMM 360 (1775 edition), 366 (1796 edition); P2701 (1787 edition), P2702 (1794 edition)
Reference
false
Country:
Jamaica
country
Jamaica
Country
false
City:
Kingston (Jamaica)
city
Kingston (Jamaica)
City
false
City:
Port Royal (Jamaica)
city
Port Royal (Jamaica)
City
false
Full Title:
Jamaica from the latest surveys; improved and engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. London, printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, no. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20th Feby. 1775.
full_title
Jamaica from the latest surveys; improved and engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. London, printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, no. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20th Feby. 1775.
Full Title
false
List No:
4723.025
list_no
4723.025
List No
false
Page No:
I
page_no
I
Page No
false
Series No:
44
series_no
44
Series No
false
Publication Author:
Jefferys, Thomas
publication_author
Jefferys, Thomas
Publication Author
false
Pub Date:
1788
pub_date
1788
Pub Date
false
Pub Title:
The West-India atlas: or, a compendious description of the West-Indies: illustrated with forty one correct charts and maps, taken From actual surveys. Together with an historical account of the several countries and islands which compose that part of the world.
pub_title
The West-India atlas: or, a compendious description of the West-Indies: illustrated with forty one correct charts and maps, taken From actual surveys. Together with an historical account of the several countries and islands which compose that part of the world.
Pub Title
false
Pub Reference:
cf NMM 360 (1775 edition), 366 (1796 edition); P2701 (1787 edition).
pub_reference
cf NMM 360 (1775 edition), 366 (1796 edition); P2701 (1787 edition).
Pub Reference
false
Pub Note:
This is a superb atlas of the West Indies and a companion atlas to Jeffery's American Atlas also first issued in 1775. The latest date on the charts in this copy is 1788 (The Cape Verd Islands). There is a beautifully illustrated title page that precedes the main title page, which reads "The West Indian Atlas..." Jefferys died in 1771; Sayer and Bennet acquired his materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name (as they did with the American Atlas) in 1775. The heart of this atlas and the most detailed part is the sixteen sheet large chart and index sheet of the whole of the West Indies. The rest of the atlas consists of charts of the Atlantic Islands and the British Channel, as well as individual maps and charts of seventeen islands in the West Indies. Twenty seven pages of text gives the sources for the maps and charts, and a historical account of the West Indies. Three of the large chart maps also appeared in the American Atlas. Comparing the two Florida sheets in this atlas to the same sheets in the 1775 American Atlas, numerous changes to the coast lines and other features appear. That would indicate that Sayer updated the charts as the atlas was reissued - Phillips shows issues of 1775, 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818. With the 1794 and later editions, 20 maps are added of various additional islands. Sayer and Bennet also published in 1775 a smaller version of this atlas called "The West India Islands: From Actual Survey and Observations..." that consisted of the same text, a general chart of the Islands, and the same sixteen or seventeen (depending on the edition) charts of the islands that appear in the larger version (P3942). Finally, Jefferys himself published in 1762 "A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the Coast of the West Indies" which was issued in quarto, with a general chart and 32 maps and plans of harbors and towns (P3941).
pub_note
This is a superb atlas of the West Indies and a companion atlas to Jeffery's American Atlas also first issued in 1775. The latest date on the charts in this copy is 1788 (The Cape Verd Islands). There is a beautifully illustrated title page that precedes the main title page, which reads "The West Indian Atlas..." Jefferys died in 1771; Sayer and Bennet acquired his materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name (as they did with the American Atlas) in 1775. The heart of this atlas and the most detailed part is the sixteen sheet large chart and index sheet of the whole of the West Indies. The rest of the atlas consists of charts of the Atlantic Islands and the British Channel, as well as individual maps and charts of seventeen islands in the West Indies. Twenty seven pages of text gives the sources for the maps and charts, and a historical account of the West Indies. Three of the large chart maps also appeared in the American Atlas. Comparing the two Florida sheets in this atlas to the same sheets in the 1775 American Atlas, numerous changes to the coast lines and other features appear. That would indicate that Sayer updated the charts as the atlas was reissued - Phillips shows issues of 1775, 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818. With the 1794 and later editions, 20 maps are added of various additional islands. Sayer and Bennet also published in 1775 a smaller version of this atlas called "The West India Islands: From Actual Survey and Observations..." that consisted of the same text, a general chart of the Islands, and the same sixteen or seventeen (depending on the edition) charts of the islands that appear in the larger version (P3942). Finally, Jefferys himself published in 1762 "A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the Coast of the West Indies" which was issued in quarto, with a general chart and 32 maps and plans of harbors and towns (P3941).
Pub Note
false
Pub List No:
4723.000
pub_list_no
4723.000
Pub List No
false
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
pub_type
Regional Atlas
Pub Type
false
Pub Maps:
40
pub_maps
40
Pub Maps
false
Pub Height cm:
55
pub_height_cm
55
Pub Height cm
false
Pub Width cm:
41
pub_width_cm
41
Pub Width cm
false
Image No:
4723025
image_no
4723025
Image No
false
Download 1:
fullsidurl
<a href=https://www.davidrumsey.com/rumsey/download.pl?image=/D0031/4723025.sid target=_blank>Full Image Download in MrSID Format</a>
Download 1
false
Download 2:
mrsidsoftwareurl
<a href="https://www.extensis.com/support/geoviewer-9" target="_blank">GeoViewer for JP2 and SID files</a>
Download 2
false
Authors:
Jefferys, Thomas
author_thumbnail_label
Jefferys, Thomas
Authors
false
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
institution
Rumsey Collection
Collection
false