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Author: Arrowsmith, Aaron

Date: 1810

Short Title: Composite: West Indies.

Publisher: London: A. Arrowsmith

Type: Composite Map

Obj Height cm: 121

Obj Width cm: 141

Scale 1: 2,900,000

Note: Engraved map. Outline hand col. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. Shows settlements, roads, rivers, etc. Includes descriptive notes. Printed on 4 sheets, mounted as 2.

Reference: Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of America, p. 106, 89. Cf Phillips. Maps of America, p. 1061 (1816 ed.); Taliaferro, H.G. Cartographic sources in the Rosenberg Library, 193 (1803 ed.); Catalogue of maps of Hispanic America, v. 1, p. 244 (1816 ed.)

World Area: West Indies ; Central America

State/Province: Florida

Full Title: (Composite of) Chart of the West Indies and Spanish Dominions in North America. By A. Arrowsmith. 1803. Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Additions to 1810. London, Published June 1st, 1803 by A. Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square. Jones, Smith & Co. sc., Beaufort Buildgs., Strand.

List No: 5699.017

Page No: XII-XIII

Series No: 20

Engraver or Printer: Jones, Smith & Co.

Publication Author: Arrowsmith, Aaron; Thompson, George Alexander; Alcedo, Antonio de, 1735-1812

Pub Date: 1819

Pub Title: Atlas to Thompson's Alcedo; or dictionary of America & West Indies; collated with all the most recent authorities, and composed chiefly from scarce and original documents, for that work, by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. London: Printed by George Smeeton, Great Saint Martin's Lane, Charing Cross. 1819.

Pub Reference: Cf. Phillips, 1174 (1816-(1817) ed.); NMM, 292 (1816 ed.); Phillips. Maps of America, p. 112 (1816 ed.)

Pub Note: See note field above.

Pub List No: 5699.000

Pub Type: Regional Atlas

Pub Maps: 19

Pub Height cm: 67

Pub Width cm: 55

Image No: 5699017

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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