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7. Map of the Island of St. Domingo for William Faden

7. Title: Isle of St Domingo or Hispaniola 
Date: 1796.
Size: 720 x 440 mm. 
Imprint(s): London. Published by William Faden, Geographer to the King and to HRH The Prince of Wales. Charing Croßs Jany 1st 1796.
Signature(s): Engraved by John Cooke, Hendon.
Location(s): BL[1], Durham.

Comments: The publisher was William Faden, junior and this was probably sold separately as a broadsheet publication. The note below the title states The Spanish part of the Island is laid down according to the Survey made in 1776 by Don Joseph Solano.

This map has been seen tipped in to copies of An historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo written by Bryan Edwards (see entry 4) and printed in London for John Stockdale in 1797.[2] However, this was not the original issue and other examples have a copy of this map with simpler title, Map of St Domingo. This was the subject of a court hearing.[3]

7.2 Imprint(s): As state 1 but date amended to Octr 1st 1795.
Signature(s): none.
Location(s): CUL[4].

7.3 Imprint(s): London. Published by William Faden, Geographer to the King and to HRH The Prince of Wales. Charing Croßs Jany 1st 1796.
Signature(s): Engraved by John Cooke, Hendon.
Location(s): StzB[5], LoC, Boston, BnF, BL.


[1] The BL copy (K.Top.123.36.2) is available online. Durham University listed on JISC (GRE/A2245/7).
[2] For example, the map (in state 2) and the text is illustrated digitally by the Library of Congress. See https://www.wdl.org/en/item/340/. The text accompanying their image neatly sums up the situation.
[3] See Australian Research Council project on copyright. The two maps and correspondence to the courts is on-line at https://www.copyrightcartography.org/cases/faden-v-stockdale/.
[4] According to their catalogue, iDiscover. Imprint as state 1 but new date (Maps.bb.680.79.4.).
[5]. Illustration by kind permission of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Kart. R 13645) with thanks to Holger Scheerschmidt. The Boston (Norman B Leventhal) is online and National Library of France FRBNF40633383 has thumbnail only online. BL has 2 copies, e.g. Maps C.23.e.1.(8.).

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