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.
1494–1949 +Sortable tableK# Date TitleCarto-grapher Description Image 1 1528 Map of Jamaica Benedetto Bordone A very simple map of Jamaica from Bordone's Isolario (The Book of Islands), printed in Venice in 1528. 2 1562 Isola Cuba Nova Girolamo Ruscelli Fragment showing Jamaica from an early map of Cuba in Ruscelli's Atlas, probably the 1562 edition, published in Italy. 4 1572 Jamaica 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. 8 1631 Map 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. 13 1671 Novissima et Accura-tissima Jamaicae Descriptio John Ogilby Engraved by F Lamb, includes a table showing plantations, precincts and settlements on the island. 17 1671 A 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 22 1676 Jamaica 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. 26 1680 Jamaica Nicolaes Visscher II 1683 de 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. 1684 A New and Exact Mapp of the Island of Jamaica Charles Bochart and Humphrey Knollis 24 1688 Insula Jamaica Robert Morden 49 1710 Neiuwe Kaart van het Eyland Jamaica Hermann Moll 1711 Jamaica 1715 A New Map of the English Empire in the Ocean of Americaor West Indies John Senex 1717 A New Map of the Island of Jamaica Herman Moll 54 1720 The island of Jamaica divided into its principal parishes... Herman Moll 1728 The Island of Jamaica Herman Moll 1730 Dominia Anglorum præcipuis in Insulis Americæ Homann's Heirs 65 1744 A New and Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica Emanuel Bowen 64 1746 La Jamaique Georges-Louis Le Rouge 66 1753 Carte de l'Isle de Jamaique Jacques-Nicolas Bellin 71 1755 A new map of Jamaica ... from actual surveys made ... from the year 1730 to 1749 Patrick Browne 1757 A Correct Map of Jamaica Georg Dionysius Ehret 77 1758 Carte de l'Isle de Jamaique Jacques-Nicolas Bellin 76 1758 Carte Particularie De L’ Isle De La Jamaique Jacques-Nicolas Bellin 1760 A Correct Map of Jamaica 83 1762 A Correct Map of the Island of Jamaica John Gibson 89 1765 A New Map of the Island of Jamaica Thomas Kitchin 101 1775 Jamaica Thomas Jeffreys 104 1779 La Giammaica Antonio Zatta 105 1780 Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique Rigobert Bonne 131 1794 A Map of the Island of Jamaica Bryan Edwards 141 1805 Charte von Jamaica Jean Baptiste Marie George Boryde Saint Vincent 1812 Isle de la Jamaique Arrowsmith 145 1814 Jamaica John Thomson 150 1822 Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Jamaica Carrey & Lea 151 1823 Jamaica Fielding Lucas 152 1825 Jamaique J A Buchon 1835 The British Island in the West Indies Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1836 Jamaica J & C Walker 1850 Tourist Map of the Island of Jamaica Edward Vincent D'Invilliers 1851 Jamaica J Rapkin / J Tallis 1854 Jamaica Harvey Newcomb 1859 Map of Haiti and Jamaica Edward Weller 1860 Island of Jamaica Fullarton 1880 General Chart of the Island of Jamaica John Purdy 1882 Outline Map of Jamaica Dangerfield 1892 Cuba and Jamaica D Appleton & Co 1903 Jamaica Dodd, Mead and Company 1908 Jamaica Earthquake Vaughn Cornish 1910 Jamaica 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. Sheet First Edition Second Edition Third Edition Commons University of TexasSheet A 1959 First edition First editionSheet B 1958 First edition First editionSheet C 1959 (reprinted 1973) First edition First editionSheet D 1959 (reprinted 1974) First edition First editionSheet E 1958 (reprinted 1974) First edition First editionSheet F 1958 (reprinted 1974) First edition First editionSheet G 1958 1973 First editionSheet H 1958 1973 (reprinted 1974) First editionSheet K 1970 (reprinted 1974) Third editionSheet L 1954 1966 (reprinted 1970 & 1973) Third editionSheet M 1954 1967 (reprinted 1973) Third editionSheet N 1954 1967 (reprinted 1971) Third edition
Others +Sortable tableK# Date Title Cartographer Description 1967 Jamaica Road Map Esso 1972 Jamaica 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. Sheet First Edition Second Edition Third Edition University of TexasCentral sheet 1962 First editionSheet 1 1965 1972 First editionSheet 2 1965 1972 First editionSheet 3 1963 1972 First editionSheet 4 1964 1972 First editionSheet 5 1964 1972 First editionSheet 6 1964 1972 First edition
Others +Sortable tableDate Title Carto-grapher Description1702A Plan of KingstonChristian LillyMap which may have been the combined work of John Goffe and Christian Lilly to provide a plan for the newly founded city.1740-45Plan of KingstonMichael HayMap dedicated to Jamaica's governor Edward Trelawny. Several possible dates are given for its publication.1764Plan de la Ville de KingstonJacques Nicolas BellinFrom the author's Le Petit Atlas Maritime, published in Paris, France in 1764.1891-06 Kingston 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. 1897The City of KingstonJames H. StarkFrom the author's Stark's Jamaica Guide.
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
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