Chart of the Caribbean Sea, circa 1740
Description
From catalog info:
Caribbean Area
Spanish Cartogtapher, 18th Century
Scale: 1:3,500,000
Probably drawn by the Spanish Royal School of Navigation in Cadiz, Spain, ca.1740.
Portolan, chart drawn on vellum with black ink; has grid markings on north, west, & south. Margins hand colored red, green, black in 12 parts, Spanish plave names.
The delineation of the shoreline for Central and South America coasts seems fairly reasonable for its time. The Caribbean Islands are better represerted on this portolan chart than those on the Gulf of Mexico portolan.
Dates
- circa 1740
Creator
- Spanish Royal School of Navigation (Cartographer, Organization)
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 800 maps
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
English
Medium
vellum
Dimensions
Overall: Length: 28 Inches, Width: 36 Inches, Inside neatline: Length: 27 1/4 Inches, Width: 34 1/2 Inches
Previous Number
Map 31
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cozumel
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic -- Santo Domingo
- Dutch West India Company
- Florida
- Florida Keys
- Great Bahama Bank -- Great Bank of the Bahamas
- Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf of Venezuela -- Golfo de Venezuela
- Haiti
- Hispaniola
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Lake Nicaragua
- Map
- Maps and Atlases
- Mexico -- México
- New Kingdom of Granada -- New Granada
- New Spain
- Nicaragua
- North and Central America
- Panama
- Pedro Bank
- Puerto Rico
- South America
- Spanish Empire
- Turks and Caicos
- Venezuela
- West Indies
- Yucatan Peninsula
- coastlines -- coastline -- coasts -- shore lines
- fleur-de-lis (motif) -- fleur de lis
- islands (landforms) -- island
- maps (documents) -- map
Creator
- Spanish Royal School of Navigation (Cartographer, Organization)
Repository Details
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