Pirate Treasures from the Burns Library An Exhibit of Maps and Books

Maps & Manuscripts from the Williams Collection

The Williams Collection, in addition to its books, also includes maps and manuscripts. This selection from the collection connects to the theme of “pirate treasures” and includes images of several maps, along with two documents – one, a letter describing the capture of an English privateer in 1682, and the other about the disastrous earthquake of 1692 which devastated Port Royal, Jamaica.

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Speed, John. A Map of Jamaica and Barbados. Sold by Thomas Basset in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard. London, 1676.

Barros, Alonzo. Report on America and capture of English privateer carrying contraband, 1682.

Box 13, folder 47, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

Broughton, William. Letter to William Braithwaite following the 1692 Port Royal, Jamaica earthquake, 27 June, 1692.

Box 21, folder 3, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

A New Chart of the Seas Surrounding the Island of Cuba. 1762, map detail.

Box 21, folder 5, Williams Collection, MS2009.030.

A New Chart of the Seas Surrounding the Island of Cuba. For the London Magazine. 1762. map detail

Box 21, folder 3, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

A New Chart of the Seas Surrounding the Island of Cuba. For the London Magazine. 1762. map detail

Box 21, folder 3, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

Visscher, Nicolaes. Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes: a C. de May usque ad Lineam Aequinoctialem per Nicolaum Visscher. 1672., map detail.

Box 23, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

Visscher, Nicolaes. Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes: a C. de May usque ad Lineam Aequinoctialem per Nicolaum Visscher. 1672, map detail.

Box 23, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

Speed, John. A Map of Jamaica and Barbados. Sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard. London, 1676. map detail

Box 24, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

Speed, John. A Map of Jamaica and Barbados. Sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard. London, 1676. map detail

Box 24, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

Speed, John. A Map of Jamaica and Barbados. Sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard. London, 1676. map detail

Box 24, Williams Collection, MS2009-030.

Harris, John, revised by John Senex. A new Map of the Island of Jamaica most humbly inscribed to the right honorable Thomas Earl of Stamford, Etc. with inset map of the harbour of Port Royal. Part of A New Map of the English Empire in the Ocean of America or West Indies. London, 1721. map detail

Box 23, Williams Collection, MS2009.030.

Harris, John, revised by John Senex. A new Map of the Island of Jamaica most humbly inscribed to the right honorable Thomas Earl of Stamford, Etc. with inset map of the harbour of Port Royal. Part of A New Map of the English Empire in the Ocean of America or West Indies. London, 1721. map detail

Box 23, Williams Collection, MS2009.030.

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