To His Royal Highness. George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. this chart of the West Indies is humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness faithful & obedient servant Joseph Smith Speer, Thos. Bowen sculpt

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > To His Royal Highness. George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. this chart of the West Indies is humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness faithful & obedient servant Joseph Smith Speer, Thos. Bowen sculpt

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Title: To His Royal Highness. George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. this chart of the West Indies is humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness faithful & obedient servant Joseph Smith Speer, Thos. Bowen sculpt
Alternative Title: Chart of the West Indies
Creator: Bowen, Thomas, d. 1790
Speer, Joseph Smith., creator
Published / Created: 1774 May 20
Publication Place: Westminster
Publisher: Capt. Speer
Description: European possessions shown by color.
Includes acknowledgement to Captain Speer by John Pownall, secry., Plantation Office, Whitehall, January 25, 1774 and Honorary gold medal.
No. 41 of 43 maps bound together in composite atlas.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermudas, and northern South America.
Extent: 1 map
71 x 117 cm. on sheet 78 x 120 cm.
color illustration
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 1982 Folio 10

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: Atlases
Engravings
Hand coloring
Maps
Maps in books
Subject (Geographic): Caribbean Area --Maps --Early works to 1800
West Indies --Maps --Early works to 1800

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 8169608
Object ID (OID): 2046638