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To His Royal Highness. George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies, is humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness faithful & obedient servant Joseph Smith Speer. Thos. Bowen, sculpt.

Speer, Joseph Smith.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Westminster, 1774.

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:5,000,000.

Hand colored.

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.

Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermudas, and northern South America.

Includes acknowledgment dated Jan. 25, 1774 at Plantation Office, Whitehall by John Pownall, secry.

On verso: [Plate no.] 45.

Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1699

SUBJECTS
Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800.
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Caribbean Area.
West Indies.

RELATED NAMES
Bowen, Thomas, d. 1790.

RELATED TITLES
This chart of the West Indies.

MEDIUM
col. map 72 x 118 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G4390 1774 .S62 Vault Oversize

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g4390 ar169900 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4390.ar169900

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier. Selections from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division)

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