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Accuracy & Extrapolation: Maps of the Caribbean, Ireland and Madagascar

Posted on December 8, 2014 by burnslibrary

Mapping and Mercantilism in the Caribbean Cartography in Britain, and much of Europe in general, revolved around naval commerce and travel during the early modern period.  Cartographers like Thomas Jefferys (1719 – 1771) created these maps within a competitive economic … Continue reading →

Posted in Exhibits & Events, HS600 Posts, Irish Studies, Rare books | Tagged boston college history department, burns library, burns library boston college, Caribbean history Burns Library, Caribbeana, description and travel, early works to 1800, England and Caribbean, England and Ireland, English Cartography, ettiene de flacourt, European Cartography, european mapping tradition, French and Madagascar, G, Geographer to King George III, Geographer to the Prince of Wales, Ireland description and travel, ireland maps, island maps, Madagascar, making history public exhibit, Malagasy people, maps Ireland, maps of islands, nautical charts, ordering the unknown, rare books and special collections boston college, spring 2014 hs600, student exhibits boston college, sylvia sellers-garcia, Thomas Jefferys, West Indies, williams collection burns library, williams ethnological collection | Leave a comment
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