Cayman Islands
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent) .... North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Cayman Islands (dependent state) ........ Cayman Islands (dependent state) (P)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chart of the Caribbean Sea, circa 1740
Item — Drawer MC-1, Folder: Map 31
Identifier: 3976.592
Description
From catalog info:Caribbean AreaSpanish Cartogtapher, 18th CenturyScale: 1:3,500,000Probably 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...
Dates:
circa 1740
Map of the Cayman Islands and Caribbean Sea, 1726
Item — Drawer E-11, Folder: Map 25
Identifier: 3976.739
Description
From catalog info:
Anonymous (Ship Petersfield, 1726).
Vellum Manuscript with color added
Scale: 1:1,850,000
Dates:
1726