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detail from a manuscript map of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean.

Lecture: Maps and Society - 'Mapping Revolution, Mapping Slavery: the Vicomte de Rochambeau and Cartographic Dreams of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity in the Caribbean'

Bertie Mandelblatt
Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Guasteca (México, 1571), by Juan de la Cruz.

Early Mexican Imprints at the JCB

José Montelongo,
[Plan of the Seige of Savannah, 1779]

Mount Vernon symposium: Mapping the American Revolution

Bertie Mandelblatt,
A print showing two birds

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North America

Place

South America

Theme

Commodities and Food

Language

Nahuatl

Genre

Ephemera

Detail of a printed book shows a decorated title page depicting an illustration of Sor Juana, angels, indigenous people, and text in Spanish and Latin.

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Fama, y obras posthumas del Fenix de Mexico

Theme

Collecting History of the JCB Library

Place

Asia

Detail from a printed text a series of four illustrations that depict the journey by ship to the Isle of Pines.

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The Isle of Pines

Detail of hand colored, engraved map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shows roads, rivers, and settlements. Text in English labels features.

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A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent..

Period

18th Century

stained title page of a printed pamphlet with a blue cover

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Calendrier pour l’année 1807

Language

Italian

Detail of an engraved, colored map of Jamaica shows Kingston Harbor outlined in a greenish blue color and St. Andrew. Other surrounding locations labeled in English.

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To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the Island of Jamaica...

Language

Dutch

Language

Spanish

Place

Caribbean

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