Cartography of Jamaica

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The Cartography of Jamaica is the history of surveying and creation of maps of Jamaica. A list of maps of Jamaica in chronological order is shown below.

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1494–1949

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K# [1] DateTitle Carto-
grapher 		DescriptionImage
11528Map of Jamaica Benedetto Bordone A very simple map of Jamaica from Bordone's Isolario (The Book of Islands), printed in Venice in 1528. Jamaica 1528.png
21562Isola Cuba Nova Girolamo Ruscelli Fragment showing Jamaica from an early map of Cuba in Ruscelli's Atlas, probably the 1562 edition, published in Italy. [2] Jamaica 1562 (Girolamo Ruscelli).png
41572Jamaica Tomaso Porcacchi Early map of Jamaica (and part of Cuba) engraved by Girolamo Porro for Porcacchi's book L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo, first published in Venice in 1572. [3] Jamaica 1572 (Tomaso Porcacchi).jpg
81631Map of the Caribbean Gerardus Mercator(?)Fragment showing Jamaica from map of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Hispaniola and S Margarita Island (off the coast of Venezuela) in the first Cloppenburgh edition of the large-format Mercator-Hondius Atlas Minor, published in Amsterdam, 1630. [4] Jamaica 1631 (Mercator-Hondius).png
131671Novissima et Accura-tissima Jamaicae Descriptio John Ogilby Engraved by F Lamb, includes a table showing plantations, precincts and settlements on the island. [5] Jamaica1671ogilby.jpg
171671A new and exact map of the isle of Jamaica Richard Bloome Survey carried out on the instructions of the Governor Thomas Modyford divided into precincts and parishes Map Jamaica 1671.jpg
221676Jamaica and Barbados John Speed Top half of a hand tinted map of Jamaica and Barbados printed by Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell, London, England. On the reverse there is a description of the two islands. [6] Jamaica 1676 (John Speed).jpg
261680Jamaica Nicolaes Visscher II Jamaica 1680 (Nicolaum Visscher).jpg
1683de Cuba et de Iamaica Alain Manesson Mallet An extract showing Jamaica from an engraving in Mallet's Description de L'Univers published by Thierry, Paris, 1683. [7] Jamaica 1683 (Allain Mallet).svg
1684A New and Exact Mapp of the Island of Jamaica Charles Bochart and Humphrey Knollis [8] A new & exact mapp of the island of Jamaica - with ye true and iust scituation of ye severall townes & churches ... LOC 99463761.tif
241688Insula Jamaica Robert Morden
491710Neiuwe Kaart van het Eyland Jamaica Hermann Moll
1711Jamaica
1715A New Map of the English Empire in the Ocean of America
or West Indies		 John Senex
1717A New Map of the Island of Jamaica Herman Moll
541720The island of Jamaica divided into its principal parishes... Herman Moll The island of Jamaica, divided into its principal parishes, with the roads &c. (4578781549).jpg
1728The Island of Jamaica Herman Moll
1730Dominia Anglorum præcipuis in Insulis Americæ Homann's Heirs
651744A New and Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica Emanuel Bowen A new & accurate map of the island of Jamaica. Divided into its principal parishes. LOC 74693274.jpg
641746La Jamaique Georges-Louis Le Rouge
661753Carte de l'Isle de Jamaique Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
711755A new map of Jamaica ... from actual surveys made ... from the year 1730 to 1749 [8] Patrick Browne
1757A Correct Map of Jamaica Georg Dionysius Ehret
771758Carte de l'Isle de Jamaique Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
761758Carte Particularie De L’ Isle De La Jamaique Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
1760A Correct Map of Jamaica
831762A Correct Map of the Island of Jamaica John Gibson
891765A New Map of the Island of Jamaica Thomas Kitchin
1011775Jamaica Thomas Jeffreys
1041779La Giammaica Antonio Zatta
1051780Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique Rigobert Bonne
1311794A Map of the Island of Jamaica Bryan Edwards
1411805Charte von Jamaica Jean Baptiste Marie George Bory
de Saint Vincent
1812Isle de la Jamaique Arrowsmith
1451814Jamaica John Thomson
1501822
Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Jamaica
 Carrey & Lea
1511823Jamaica Fielding Lucas
1521825Jamaique J A Buchon
1835The British Island in the West Indies Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
1836Jamaica J & C Walker
1850Tourist Map of the Island of Jamaica Edward Vincent D'Invilliers
1851Jamaica J Rapkin / J Tallis
1854Jamaica Harvey Newcomb
1859Map of Haiti and Jamaica Edward Weller
1860Island of Jamaica Fullarton
1880General Chart of the Island of JamaicaJohn Purdy
1882Outline Map of JamaicaDangerfield
1892Cuba and Jamaica D Appleton & Co
1903Jamaica Dodd, Mead and Company
1908Jamaica Earthquake Vaughn Cornish
1910Jamaica Cram

1950–1979

The 1:50,000 series

Between the early 1950s and the late 1970s the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys published several editions of a series of maps of Jamaica at the scale of 1:50,000. The following table summarises the known publication dates. Online copies can be found on Commons or at the University of Texas Libraries.

SheetFirst EditionSecond EditionThird EditionCommonsUniversity of Texas
Sheet A1959 First edition First edition
Sheet B1958 First edition First edition
Sheet C1959 (reprinted 1973) First edition First edition
Sheet D1959 (reprinted 1974) First edition First edition
Sheet E1958 (reprinted 1974) First edition First edition
Sheet F1958 (reprinted 1974) First edition First edition
Sheet G19581973 First edition
Sheet H19581973 (reprinted 1974) First edition
Sheet K1970 (reprinted 1974) Third edition
Sheet L19541966 (reprinted 1970 & 1973) Third edition
Sheet M19541967 (reprinted 1973) Third edition
Sheet N19541967 (reprinted 1971) Third edition
Index to the 1:50,000 maps of Jamaica published by the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys from the early 1950s on. Index to Jamaica 50K maps.png
Index to the 1:50,000 maps of Jamaica published by the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys from the early 1950s on.

Others

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K# [1] DateTitle Cartographer Description
1967Jamaica Road Map Esso
1972Jamaica Road Map Texaco

1979–present

Town plans

Kingston

The 1:10,000 series

Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys published several editions of a series of maps of Kingston at the scale of 1:50,000. The following table summarises the known publication dates. Online copies can be found at the University of Texas Libraries.

SheetFirst EditionSecond EditionThird EditionUniversity of Texas
Central sheet1962 First edition
Sheet 119651972 First edition
Sheet 219651972 First edition
Sheet 319631972 First edition
Sheet 419641972 First edition
Sheet 519641972 First edition
Sheet 619641972 First edition

Others

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DateTitle Carto-
grapher 		Description
1702A Plan of Kingston Christian Lilly Map which may have been the combined work of John Goffe and Christian Lilly to provide a plan for the newly founded city. [9] [10]
1740-45Plan of KingstonMichael HayMap dedicated to Jamaica's governor Edward Trelawny. Several possible dates are given for its publication. [11] [12]
1764Plan de la Ville de KingstonJacques Nicolas BellinFrom the author's Le Petit Atlas Maritime, published in Paris, France in 1764. [13]
1891-06Kingston and environs War Office A lithograph published by Edward Stanford for the Intelligence Division of the War Office. It was based on earlier maps and Admiralty charts, updated with the observations of five army officers. The illustration shows an extract depicting Kingston Harbour. [14] Kingston Harbour (cropped).png
1897The City of KingstonJames H. StarkFrom the author's Stark's Jamaica Guide. [15]

Montego Bay

Petrol company road maps

Spanish Town

Petrol company road maps

Mandeville

Petrol company road maps

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  8. 1 2 Higman & Hudson 2009 , p. 279
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