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The Virgin Islands from English and Danish surveys
- Title
- The Virgin Islands from English and Danish surveys / by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King.
- Author
- Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
- Publication
- London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20th Feby. 1775.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 97-6578 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 map; 45 x 60 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Early maps.
- Early works.
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown pictorially and with hachures; depths shown by soundings.
- Bar scales given in sea leagues and statute miles; scale estimated by measurement of degree of latitude.
- Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
- Includes eleven coastal profiles and descriptive and historical notes and text, such as reference to Francis Drake's expedition in 1580.
- Plate number "III." in top right margin.
- Appears in Thomas Jefferys' The West-India atlas, 1775.
- Indexed In (note)
- List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress
- Library of Congress. Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789
- Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6578
- OCLC
- 1063490524
- Author
- Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, cartographer.
- Title
- The Virgin Islands from English and Danish surveys / by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King.
- Publisher
- London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20th Feby. 1775.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:489,000 (W 65°44ʹ--W 62°40ʹ/N 19°24ʹ--N 17°17ʹ).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, entry 2699Library of Congress. Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, entry 1982
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy has markings in blue crayon: "28 (4)" in lower right margin and "28" on verso. In ink in lower right margin: "185x" lined through with blue crayon. In upper center-left and verso upper center-right, large stain.
- Added Author
- Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.Jefferys, Thomas, -1771. West-India atlas.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6578 [LHS 1304]