File:Charte over den Danske Oe St Croix i America RMG K0891.jpg
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Angelo; Oxholm, P L |
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English: Charte over den Danske Oe St Croix i AmericaTwo sheets. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:26 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 21 degrees. Ungraduated, with land relief, soundings and shoals marked. Scale in Danish miles. Additional Places: Caribbean, Virgin Islands. Contents Note: The island was laid out in a rectilinear grid of roads and property boundaries, The title cartouche depicts: black workers receiving orders from a mounted white overseer; a mother with small children outside a tent; men carrying firewood with a donkey and several buildings including a windmill, There is a population table of white', 'coloured' and 'black' inhabitants. Gren82/2(2) Charte over den Danske Oe St Croix i America |
| Date | 1799 |
| Dimensions | Each sheet 63 cm x 83 cm |
| Notes | For an analysis of the bias towards geographical coverage when looking at the contents of the collection see tables from the printed (complete) biography of Grenville. This is kept with the red binders as part of the Grenville collection binder (in SOG). |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/610267 |
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| Identifier | GGCC: 245:14 id number: GREN82/2B |
| Collection | Charts and maps |
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