Loading map viewer...

Plan of the island of Dominica laid down by actual survey under the direction of the honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the ceded islands

Metadata

Creator	Byres, John
Publisher	Hooper, S. (Samuel)
Engraver	Bayly, John Abraham, fl. 1755-1794
Date	1776
Name on Item	by John Byres, chief surveyor ; J. Bayly sculp.
Publisher	S. Hooper
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:32,000]
Language	English
Location	George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local)	Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects	Real property--Dominica--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Dominica North and Central America
Extent	1 map : hand col. ; 152 x 89 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Relief shown by hachures. At the end of the Seven Years War in 1763, France ceded the islands of Dominica, St. Vincent, Bequia, Grenada and Tobago to Britain. The Government parcelled up the land for sale or lease to sugar planters. Includes text, tables, and dedication.