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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelvin Smith Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:23 PM To: 'Discussion group for map history' Subject: RE: [MapHist] Survey and Estate Maps of Dominica/ Survey or EstateMaps of St. Croix US (ex- Danish) West Indies This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Hi My PhD was on the connection between place and identity in the Carib Territory on Dominica, with a chapter discussing the area's first depiction on the Byres survey, and the relationship between the Byres map and the Jeffreys and Sayer maps of the island. I mostly worked from maps in the British Library collection and certainly recommend having a look there. The National Archives at Kew, as already suggested, has a lot of material such as records and correspondence from plantations, and documents relating to the island's land sale. Such as: Land Commissioner's reports & registers 1764-1797 - CO 106/9-12 Land Commissioner's report 1770 - CO 76/9 My research also found several boxes of correspondence from settlers and land owners to the island's administration complaining about their rent, repayments and survey errors. If I remember correctly, these are listed in the catalogue by the first few correspondents in the box, so there's more than suggested by the catalogue title: T1/529/96; T1/529/207; T1/529/188-191; T1/529/172-174; T1/529/145-148; T1/529/138-142, 149, 153-159, 161-171, 178-183; T1/529/94-95, 192-193, 234-235. You could also try contacting Lennox Honychurch, the island's primary historian. He has an extensive collection of historic documents and knowledge about the island. He also mentioned to me, when I was on Dominica in 2003, that he thought someone on St Vincent was doing some research into the Byres survey. I didn't follow it up at the time. I'm very interested to hear more about your work so please feel free to contact me with any queries or for more info. Cheers Kelvin Smith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mullan, Anthony Sent: 25 January 2011 16:44 To: 'Discussion group for map history' Subject: RE: [MapHist] Survey and Estate Maps of Dominica/ Survey or EstateMaps of St. Croix US (ex- Danish) West Indies This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Francis: Thanks for your suggestion. I am actually planning a visit in mid to late May to the National Archives at Kew. I will let you know about the progress of my research. Anthony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francis Herbert Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:05 AM To: 'Discussion group for map history' Subject: RE: [MapHist] Survey and Estate Maps of Dominica/ Survey or EstateMaps of St. Croix US (ex- Danish) West Indies This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Anthony (and, possibly, Harry Montgomery): Potential material in, of course, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey (UK). Have you checked (if so, tell us!)? Some Danish material will be found, unless I'm mistaken, sourced - and reproduced - in the PhD and several articles, of Daniel P. Hopkins. Francis Herbert -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mullan, Anthony Sent: 24 January 2011 21:23 To: 'Discussion group for map history' Subject: RE: [MapHist] Survey and Estate Maps of Dominica/ Survey or EstateMaps of St. Croix US (ex- Danish) West Indies Hello Harry Montgomery, The Library of Congress has at least one fairly large scale and detailed map of St. Croix from the eighteenth century. It is a Danish map of 1754 by Jens M. Beck. It is described in our (co-authored with John Hebert) carto-bibliography entitled the "Luso-Hispanic World in Maps...", which is available online at http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/luso/usvi.html#usvi There is a zoom feature that allows you to zoom in and magnify some of the maps listed in the carto-bibliography including this one which is no. 980. The map shows, among other things, individual landholding with what appear to be the names of landholders. It is an interesting map as it is printed with many added notes in pen and ink. If you have further questions, you may write me using my work email account. Regards, Anthony Paez Mullan Reference Specialist (Fine Arts) The Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Montgomery Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:57 PM To: map map history group Subject: [MapHist] Survey and Estate Maps of Dominica/ Survey or Estate Maps of St. Croix US (ex- Danish) West Indies _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. 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