The Island of Barbados; divided into its parishes, with the roads, paths, &c. according to an actual and accurate survey, 1736?

Item — Container: Closed Stacks, Drawer: 36

Identifier: RP-533, MAP-4058

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection of historic maps date from 1675-1971, and primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia. Includes matching editions of maps personally owned by George Washington.

Note: surveys created by George Washington are found in the George Washington Collection.

Dates

1736?

Creator

Moll, Herman, -1732 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library’s Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.

Extent

1 Sheets : 1 hand colored map ; 37 x 29 cm on sheet 40 x 37 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Appears in Atlas Minor: or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps, in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth; with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreeable to modern history. By Herman Moll, Geographer. (3rd ed.) London, Printed for Thos. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill (1736?), pg. 59.

Materials Specific Details

Scale [1: 85,000]. Bar scale given in "English miles 60 to a degree". Relief shown pictorially. Includes explanation of drawings and content of the Parishes. Top left corner reads "Vol. 3 p. 618" and "59" in upper right corner.Shows churches, forts, plantations, windmills, submerged rocks, etc. Oriented with north toward left.