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Novissima et Accuratissima Jamaicae Description per Joannem Ogiluium.

  • ARTIST: John Ogilby

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Ogilby, White Fryers, London.

  • MEDIUM: Copperplate engraving,

    DATE: 1671.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 x 20 7/8" (432 x 532 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: This is the earliest detailed English map of Jamaica. It had a significant influence on subsequent maps. Based on surveys by John Man, Jamaica's surveyor general, Ogilby's map divides the island into named precincts and notes major cities and plantations. A large inset below lists the plantations and indicates whether they produce cocoa, indigo, sugar and/or cotton. On either side is a decorative title cartouche and a mileage cartouche adorned with putti. This is one of the few original maps from Ogilby's "America."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition with minor repair to centerfold in top margin; traces of original folds.

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