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Jamaican Parish Reference The images behind the antique map links are very easy to read, easier than if you were holding the actual maps. I used the scanner as a sort of microscope and the images are large enough to be studied on your computer screen without a magnifying glass. Correspondingly, the sizes of these electronic files are also quite large and it will take a bit of time to download them to your computer. I've tried hard to keep them each under a megabyte. With maps that exceeded the glass size of my scanner, on close inspection, you will find that there are color variations from segment to segment and there are seams that don't exactly match. This what to expect when you scan very large documents in pieces and then glue them together electronically. Jamaica before 1655 Before there were parishes, Jamaican territories looked roughly like the map below. Yallahs and Morant were names of large Spanish ranches. Guanaboa was an Arawak name. Liguanea is still used to refer to lower St. Andrew. Traces of these older names can still be found. From 1510 to 1535 the capital was Seville. With the exception of a one year period starting in 1755, Spanish Town was the capital from 1535 to 1872. Kingston was the capital for that brief period and also since 1872. For genealogical purposes, this map can be ignored.
Isloa Cuba Nova - by Ruscelli - 1562 Jamaica - by Tomaso Porcacchi - 1572Antique Map of the Caribbean - Mercator - 1631
de Cuba et de Iamaica - by Alain Mallet - 1683
Jamaica 1655-1675 After Jamaica was taken by England in 1655, the English system of local administration was implemented and almost everything became Saint This or Saint That.
Jamaica and Barbados - by John Speed - 1676
Noviffima et Accuratiffima Jamaicae Descriptio - by J. Ogilby - 1671
Jamaica - by Nicolaum Visscher - 1680
Insula Jamaica - by Robert Morden - 1688 Dominia Anglorum pręcipuis in Insulis Americę - by Homann's Heirs - 1730
Jamaica 1675-1692 St. Dorothy separated from Clarendon. St Thomas in the Vale separated from St. Catherine.
A New Map of the English Empire in the Ocean of America or West Indies - by John Senex - 1715 A New and Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica - by Emanuel Bowen - 1744 A Correct Map of the Island of Jamaica - by John Gibson - 1762 Neiuwe Kaart van het Eyland Jamaica - by Hermann Moll - 1710 A New Map of the Island of Jamaica - by Herman Moll - 1717 The Island of Jamaica - by Herman Moll - 1728 La Jamaique - by Sieur le Rouge - 1746
Jamaica 1693-1702 Kingston separated from St. Andrew.
Jamaica 1703-1722 Westmoreland separated from St. Elizabeth.
Jamaica 1723-1769 The Duke of Portland became Governor in 1722 and Portland parish was created from St. George and St. Thomas in the East. Hanover separated from Westmoreland.
Jamaica 1770-1813 In memory of Edward Trelawny who was Governor between 1738 and 1752, Trelawny parish was created with land separated from St. James.
Jamaica 1814-1840 The Duke of Manchester governed Jamaica between 1808 and 1811. Manchester parish was created from St Elizabeth, Clarendon, and Vere.
Tourist Map of the Isand of Jamaica - by E. V. D'Invilliers - published 1850 Jamaica - by J. Rapkin / J. Tallis - published 1851 Jamaica - by Harvey Newcomb - published 1854 Map of Haiti and Jamaica - by Edward Weller - published 1859 Island of Jamaica - Fullarton - published 1860 Jamaica 1841-1865 In 1839, Sir Charles Metcalfe became govenor of Jamaica. Just before he left office in 1842, Metcalfe parish was created from St. George and St Mary.
Cuba and Jamaica - D. Appleton & Co. - published 1892 - (Jamaica only) Jamaica 1866-present 8 parishes were eliminated. Vere was absorbed by Clarendon. St. David was absorbed by St. Thomas in the East. St. Catherine grew dramatically by absorbing St. Dorothy, St. John and St. Thomas in the Vale. St. George was absorbed by Portland. Most of Port Royal was absorbed by St. Andrew and a smaller portion became part of Kingston parish. Metcalfe was absorbed by St. Mary.
General Chart of the Island of Jamaica - John Purdy - published 1880 Outline Map of Jamaica - Dangerfield - published 1882 Jamaica - Dodd, Mead & Co. - published 1903 Jamaica Earthquake - Vaughn Cornish - 1908 Jamaica - Cram. - published 1910 Jamaica Road Map - Esso Standard Oil - published 1967 Tell me what you think of this page - prestwidgew@earthlink.net | Go to top of site. | Go to Brief History of Jamaica | Go to Prestwidges of Jamaica A very funny video - >>> Describing The Future
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