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Complete Record for Item NS12 M10.2.20

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Title:A hydrographicall chart of the Virgin Islands situated between the island of St. John de Porto Rico & the Caribbee Islands, wherein all the islands, keys, rocks, & reefs, from the east end of Porto Rico to the east end of Virgin Guarda, are laid down as they were surveyed and collected.
Item Type:Maps
Date:1739
Call Number NS12 M10.2.20

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Atkinson, Joseph

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Notes

General_note: "...at the request & expence of the Honble Gilbert Fleming, Lieutenant General of all his Majesty's Leeward Caribbee Islands contracted from the original drawing & connected with Santa Cruz & St. Christopher's by C. Mortier, M.D.R.S. Secr. Anno 1739."; "to the Right Honorable Sr. Charles Wager Kt. first Lord of the Admiralty and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy council &c. this chart is humbly dedicated by his most humble servant C. Mortimer."
Extent: 1 printed map
Dimensions: 50 x 63 cm.
Medium: black ink on paper, backed with paper
Local_note: ms on recto: New York Historical Society from Wm Bustnell 1809[sic?]

Geographic Location: [Linked to other records with the same Location]

Virgin Islands

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