List of maps of Jamaica

A list of maps of Jamaica in chronological order.

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1494-1949

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K#[1]DateTitle Carto-
grapher		Description
11528Map of JamaicaBenedetto BordoneA very simple map of Jamaica from Bordone's Isolario (The Book of Islands), printed in Venice in 1528.
21562Isloa Cuba NovaGirolamo RuscelliFragment showing Jamaica from an early map of Cuba in Ruscelli's Atlas, probably the 1562 edition, published in Italy.[2]
41572JamaicaTomaso PorcacchiEarly 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]
81631Map of the CaribbeanGerardus 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]
131671Novissima et Accura-tissima Jamaicae DescriptioJohn OgilbyEngraved by F Lamb, includes a table showing plantations, precincts and settlements on the island.[5]
171671A new and exact map of the isle of JamaicaRichard Bloome
221676Jamaica and BarbadosJohn SpeedTop 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]
261680JamaicaNicolaes Visscher II
1683de Cuba et de IamaicaAlain Manesson MalletAn extract showing Jamaica from an engraving in Mallet's Description de L'Univers published by Thierry, Paris, 1683.[7]
1684A New and Exact Mapp of the Island of JamaicaCharles Bochart and Humphrey Knollis[8]
241688Insula JamaicaRobert Morden
491710Neiuwe Kaart van het Eyland JamaicaHermann 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 JamaicaHerman Moll
541720The island of Jamaica divided into its principal parishes...Herman Moll
1728The Island of JamaicaHerman Moll
1730Dominia Anglorum præcipuis in Insulis AmericæHomann's Heirs
651744A New and Accurate Map of the Island of JamaicaEmanuel Bowen
641746La JamaiqueSieur le Rouge
661753Carte de l'Isle de JamaiqueJacques-Nicolas Bellin
711755A new map of Jamaica ... from actual surveys made ... from the year 1730 to 1749[8]Patrick Browne
1757A Correct Map of JamaicaGeorg Dionysius Ehret
771758Carte de l'Isle de JamaiqueJacques-Nicolas Bellin
761758Carte Particularie De L’ Isle De La JamaiqueJacques-Nicolas Bellin
1760A Correct Map of Jamaica
831762A Correct Map of the Island of JamaicaJohn Gibson
891765A New Map of the Island of JamaicaThomas Kitchin
1011775JamaicaThomas Jeffreys
1041779La GiammaicaAntonio Zatta
1051780Carte de l'Isle de la JamaiqueRigobert Bonne
1311794A Map of the Island of JamaicaBryan Edwards
1411805Charte von JamaicaJean Baptiste Marie George Bory
de Saint Vincent
1812Isle de la JamaiqueArrowsmith
1451814JamaicaJohn Thomson
1501822
Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Jamaica
Carrey & Lea
1511823JamaicaFielding Lucas
1521825JamaiqueJ A Buchon
1835The British Island in the West IndiesSociety for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
1836JamaicaJ & C Walker
1850Tourist Map of the Island of JamaicaEdward Vincent D'Invilliers
1851JamaicaJ Rapkin / J Tallis
1854JamaicaHarvey Newcomb
1859Map of Haiti and JamaicaEdward Weller
1860Island of JamaicaFullarton
1880General Chart of the Island of JamaicaJohn Purdy
1882Outline Map of JamaicaDangerfield
1892Cuba and JamaicaD Appleton & Co
1903JamaicaDodd, Mead and Company
1908Jamaica EarthquakeVaughn Cornish
1910JamaicaCram

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.

SheetFirst EditionSecond EditionThird Edition
Sheet A1959
Sheet B1958
Sheet C1959 (reprinted 1973)
Sheet D1959 (reprinted 1974)
Sheet E1958 (reprinted 1974)
Sheet F1958 (reprinted 1974)
Sheet G1973
Sheet H1973 (reprinted 1974)
Sheet K1970 (reprinted 1974)
Sheet L19541966 (reprinted 1973)
Sheet M1967 (reprinted 1973)
Sheet N1967 (reprinted 1971)
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]DateTitleCartographerDescription
1967Jamaica Road MapEsso
1972Jamaica Road MapTexaco

Town plans

Kingston

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DateTitleCarto-
grapher		Description
1891-06Kingston and environsWar OfficeA 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.[9]

Montego Bay

Petrol company road maps
  • Esso, 1967, on reverse
  • Texaco, 1972, on reverse

Spanish Town

Petrol company road maps
  • Esso, 1967, on reverse
  • Texaco, 1972, on reverse

Mandeville

Petrol company road maps
  • Esso, 1967, on reverse
  • Texaco, 1972, on reverse

Bibliography

  • Higman, B W & Hudson, B J (2009). "Place names and history". Jamaican Place Names. Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. pp. 13–18. ISBN 978-976-640-217-4.
  • Kapp, Kit S (1968). "The Printed Maps of Jamaica up to 1825". Kingston, Jamaica: Bolivar Press.

References

  1. 1 2 Kapp, Captain Kit S (1968). "The Printed Maps of Jamaica up to 1825". Map Collectors' Series. London: Map Collectors' Circle. 5 (42). Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  8. 1 2 Higman 2009, p. 279
  9. ↑ "Jonathan Potter". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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