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A map of the estate of Peter Langford Brooke, Esq., called the Wood situated in the Parish of St. John's, Antigua "In the colonial period, the Langford Brooke family of Mere in Cheshire, England, owned several properties on the island of Antigua. This map from 1821, based in part on an earlier map, shows the Wood estate with its 24 fields devoted to the growing of sugar cane. The index on the right indicates the works and buildings on the estate, and the exact sizes...

Contributor: Brooke, Peter Langford - Clapham - Baker, J. H.
Date: 1821

Map

A plan of the estate called Jonas's situated in the division of North Sound in the island of Antigua, the property of Peter Langford Brooke, Esqr. "In the colonial period, the Langford Brooke family of Mere in Cheshire, England, owned several properties on the island of Antigua. This map from 1821 shows the Jonas estate. The references at the right provide information about the shares of land devoted to growing sugar cane and to other uses, as well as a key to the plantation's structures, which included the windmill, boiling...

Contributor: Brooke, Peter Langford - Baker, J. H.
Date: 1821

Map

A ground plan of the works and buildings on the Wood Estate of Peter Langford Brooke, Esq., situated in the Parish of St. John's, Antigua "In the colonial period, the Langford Brooke family of Mere in Cheshire, England, owned several properties on the British island of Antigua. This document is a detailed ground plan of the works and buildings on the family's Wood estate. A lettered index at the left indicates the various structures, which include the boiling house, still house, windmill, blacksmith's shop, great house, and others. The...

Contributor: Brooke, Peter Langford - Baker, J. H.
Date: 1821

Map

A ground plan of the works and buildings on the estate of Peter Langford Brooke, Esq., called Jonas's in the division of North Sound in the island of Antigua "In the colonial period, the Langford Brooke family of Mere in Cheshire, England, owned several properties on the British island of Antigua. This document is a detailed ground plan of the works and buildings on the Wood estate. A lettered index at the left indicates the various structures on the estate, which include the boiling house, still house, windmill, blacksmith's shop, great house, and...

Contributor: Brooke, Peter Langford - Baker, J. H.
Date: 1821

Map

A plan of English Harbour; with the King's yard and carreening wharfe, 15th. Nov. 1745. "This well-executed, colored British map is of English Harbour, Antigua, one of the principal port facilities for British activities in the Caribbean in the18th century. The map shows the coastline, coastal features, extensive soundings, a navigational hazard, fortifications, shipyards, cultivated fields and vegetation, and an ornate wind rose. It also includes a keyed legend. The map indicates that the primary purpose of the port...

Contributor: Martel, Peter
Date: 1745

Book/Printed Material

About the Natural History of the Indies.
De la natural hystoria de las Indias Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478--1557) was one of the most important early chroniclers of the Spanish presence in the Americas. Born in Madrid of noble parents from Asturias, at age 12 he became a page to the Duke of Villahermosa. He witnessed the surrender of Granada and, in 1492, entered the service of Prince Don Juan I, whose death in 1497 changed the path...

Contributor: Fernández De Oviedo Y Valdés, Gonzalo
Date: 1526
Resource: - 106 pages

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Plano de la Bahía de Concepción de Chile situada la ciudad antigua en latitud meridional de 36°42ʹ53ʺ y en longitud de 303°52ʹ3ʺ de Tenerife observadas astronómicamente "This pen-and-ink and watercolor map of the Bahía de Concepción is based on an original prepared by Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa in 1744 during one of their scientific expeditions to South America, with extensive additions and revisions made in the early 1780s. It shows the location of the old city of Concepción and its new location further from the sea after the...

Contributor: Moraleda, José Manuel De. - Juan, Jorge - Ulloa, Antonio De

Photo, Print, Drawing

View of the River Meta from Orocué, near the Old Macuco Mission, Province of Casanare.
Vista del río Meta tomada desde Orocué, cerca de la antigua misión del Macuco: Provincia de Casanare This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820-1902) shows a scene at the edge of the River Meta in Casanare Province (now Casanare Department), Colombia, in the Llanos Orientales (The Eastern Plains) region. The river port of Orocué was close to San Miguel de Macuco, one of the most important missions (active from about 1730 to 1825) to the Saliva Indians. The Meta flows into...

Contributor: Paz, Manuel María - Colombia. Comisión Corográfica
Date: 1856
Resource: - 1 page

Photo, Print, Drawing

Coleccion de estampas copiadas de las figuras originales, que de medio y baxo relieve, se manifiestan, en estucos y piedras, en varios edificios de la poblacion antigua nuevamente descubierta en las immediaciones ...
Binder's title: Coleccion de estampas. | Coleccion de estampas The ancient Mayan city of Palenque is located on a natural shelf in Mexico's Chiapas State. It flourished as the seat of a powerful royal court in the 7th century AD, but was abandoned in the 9th century and reclaimed by the forest. It was discovered in the mid-1700s by villagers from nearby Santo Domingo do Palenque. In 1787, King Charles III of Spain...

Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Río, Antonio Del - Almendariz, Ricardo
Date: 1787

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[Map of Lesser Antilles]. "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30 years produced maps for use by Dutch mercantile and military shipping. He was a business partner of Joan Blaeu, one of the most important map and atlas publishers of the day. Vinckeboons...

Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
Date: 1650

Book/Printed Material

Picturesque Palestine, Arabia and Syria; the country, the people and the landscape,

Contributor: Gröber, Karl
Date: 1925
Resource: - 2 pages

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Panama and the canal in picture and prose ... Published in 1913, Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose is a comprehensive overview of Panama and the Panama Canal in the year before it was opened to commerce. Organized in 20 chapters, the book begins with an introductory chapter about Jamaica, "the front door to Panama." Chapters two through six give an overview of the history and geography of Panama. Chapter 15...

Contributor: Abbot, Willis John
Date: 1913

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Newspaper

Bengal hurkaru.

Date: 1798

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Modern geography. A description of the empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies; with the oceans, seas, and isles; in all parts of the world: including the most recent discoveries, and political alterations: Digested ... "Catalogue of maps, and of books of voyages and travels": v. 2, p. 792-802. Vols. 1 and 2 have supplements containing corrections and additions 1817.