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The Virgin Islands from English & Danish Surveys
This is one of the earliest separately issued maps of the Virgin Islands and the earliest obtainable large format map to focus on the region.
| Chart Information | |
|---|---|
| Reference: | A505 |
| Date | 1794 |
| Hydrographer/Surveyor/Artist: | Thomas Jefferys |
| Size Of Original: | w 30" x h 23" |
| Paper Type | Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm |
Further Information
The Virgin Islands from English and Danish surveys. Originally released by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. London, in February 1775 for inclusion in his West Indies Atlas. The chart presented here is a 1794 edition printed from the original plates and released by Laurie & Whittle.
This is every inch a classic chart. It is beautifully balanced in its presentation of the Virgin Islands to the point where the Island of St. Croix is brought onto the chart where in fact it is located, at this scale, much further south. To complete the effect Jefferys has done the same with the Leeward Island chain of Islands; Anguilla, St. Martins, St. Christopher's (St. Kitts), Saba and St. Eustatia. The eastern end of Porto Rico is also included.
Collection
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A Chart of Martinique, shewing the facility by which it may be completely blockaded by four ships of war
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Chart of the Virgin Isles, from Lockwood's Trigonometrical Survey Taken in 1811 by Order of the Commander In Chief Admiral Sir Francis Laforey
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Ref: A522
A Chart of the Antilles, or Charibbee or Caribs Islands with the Virgin Islands
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Spanish portolan chart of the Gulf of Mexico, West Indies and Northern coast of South America
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