Upon a February 2014 search in WorldCat for “1 map wanting, 1 map badly torn”, the only result found was Richard Blome’s 1672 A Description of the Island of Jamaica... Continue reading “1 map wanting, 1 map badly torn”
Tag: Richard Blome
Re-prioritizing Blome’s Description
There are 3 issues of the 1672 first edition of A Description of the Island of Jamaica; with the other Isles and Territories in America…published by Richard Blome, varying in the seller listed on the title page, as follows: Continue reading “Re-prioritizing Blome’s Description”
Re-stating Blome’s A Generall Mapp of Carolina
A Generall Mapp of Carolina Describeing its Sea Coast and Rivers, London Printed for Ric. Blome, was published in A Description of the Island of Jamaica: With the other Isles and Territories in America, by Richard Blome (Burden, Plate 420). The title page in the first edition of the book is dated 1672. Continue reading “Re-stating Blome’s A Generall Mapp of Carolina”