A new & correct map of the West Indies, drawn from the best authorities

Permanent Link:

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00077921/00001

Material Information

Title:

A new & correct map of the West Indies, drawn from the best authorities

Alternate title:

New and correct map of the West Indies

Added title page title:

The Universal Museum, or, Gentleman's and Ladies' polite magazine of history, politicks and literature

Creator:

Gibson, J ( John ), active 1750-1792 ( engraver )

Place of Publication:

[London?]

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Publication Date:

[1762]

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 map : color ; 17.3 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 22.3 x 27.9 cm

Scale:

19200000
Scale approximately 1:19,200,000 ; British statute miles

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Caribbean Area ( lcsh )
History -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- West Indies ( lcsh )
Caribbean Area ( fast )
West Indies ( fast )
Región Caribe ( qlsp )
Antillas ( qlsp )

Genre:

Mapas antiguos ( bidex )
early maps ( aat )
Early works. ( fast )
History ( fast )
Maps ( aat )
Obras anteriores a 1800 ( qlsp )
Historia ( qlsp )
Mapas ( qlsp )

Coordinates:

33 x -101, 4 x -101, 4 x -60, 33 x -60 ( Map Coverage )

Notes

Citation/Reference:

Jolly, David C. Maps in British periodicals, UMUS-1

Citation/Reference:

McCorkle, Barbara. Carto-bibliography of the maps in eighteenth-century British and American geography books, 7

Additional Physical Form:

Print version record.

System Details:

System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.

General Note:

Copper engraving, hand colored.

General Note:

Historical map of the Caribbean area including Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies and the United States bordering the Gulf of Mexico.

General Note:

Title in decorative cartouche at upper right.

General Note:

Includes compass rose and scale bar.

General Note:

"West Longitude from London"

General Note:

Geographic coordinates converted to Greenwich.

General Note:

"Engrav'd for the Universal Museum"--Top margin.

General Note:

From: Universal Museum magazine, vol. 1, Jan. 1762, opposite page 34. Also published later in the year in the American Gazetteer (McCorkle, 7)

Record Information

Source Institution:

University of Florida

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Resource Identifier:

on10043 ( NOTIS )
1004393446 ( OCLC )
035377648 ( ALEPH )
on1004393446

Classification:

G4390 1762 .G5 ( lcc )

UFDC Membership

Aggregations:

Digital Library of the Caribbean
World Map Collections
Caribbean Maps
Caribbean Map Collection
University of Florida
Cuban Maps