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Cartographer
Richard Forde
(British, 1674 - 1687)
Dateprinted c. 1685
MediumEngraving with hand coloring
DimensionsComposition: 18 5/8 in. × 22 in. (47.3 × 55.9 cm)
Sheet: 21 in. × 24 5/8 in. (53.3 × 62.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.50
Not on view
DescriptionMap of the island of barbados. Copper engraving, colored. First printed 1675-76
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Provenance
1971: Hamilton College, by gift of Walter Beinecke, Jr.
Published References
Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 321, catalogue no.C3.
Inscribed
"A NEW MAP OF THE ISLAND OF BARBADOES / wherein every Parish, Plantation, Watermill, Windmill & Cattlemill, is described with the name of the Present Possessor, and all things els Remarkable according to a Late Exact Survey thereof." at upper center in typeset in black ink; "By Phillip Lea at ye Atlas & Hercules in ye Pultery ouer against ye ould Jury / And by John Sellers at his shop on the Weft side of the Royal Exchange LONDON" at lower left in typeset in black ink; "W.J. 599 Mott 1-28-63" on verso at lower right in pencil; "Mott" on verso at center left in pencil; [illeg.] C S C [circle] on vero at upper right in pencil.
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