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------------------------------------------------------------- Editor's Note: Crossposted from the Harriet Tubman Listserve. ------------------------------------------------------------- *Recent Donation of Maps and Prints Enables Historical Research on the Caribbean Islands at York University* In 2011, Professor William C. Found donated a precious collection of 141 historical maps and prints to the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections <http://www.library.yorku.ca/cms/archivesspecialcollections/> at York University. This collection comprises facsimiles, photographic copies and photocopies of original maps and prints, which are held in archives and libraries across the world. This donation is important because many original maps and prints that still exist are in the hands of private owners. The documentation accompanying the collection includes detailed descriptions of each map/print, a thumbnail image, and sources where researchers can obtain their own personal copies. Professor Found accumulated this historical collection on the Caribbean islands during his lengthy career at York University, where he served as a geographer, environmentalist, Academic Vice-President, and, currently, University Professor Emeritus. In October 2011, he published a report on "A Research Collection of Historical Maps and Prints of the Caribbean Islands." <http://hdl.handle.net/10315/13674>This report is available on York University's digital library of research outputs, YorkSpace <http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/>. The original maps and prints were published between the sixteenth- and nineteenth-century. The geographical and linguistic coverage of this collection is remarkable as it contains information on the British, Danish, Dutch, French, Spanish and Swedish Caribbean colonies. This historical collection largely comprises single maps and charts of one island, for example, Antigua, Cuba, or Martinique. It also includes several surveys undertaken in the slavery period such as /A Plan of Redberry Plantation/ (1803) located in the parish of Clarendon in the island of Jamaica. There are also several maps and prints that depict more than one island. For example, /Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacientium, Delineatio/(1598) is considered to be one of the earliest maps depicting the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico). The collection also boasts excellent engravings that capture mariner life, port towns, and the unique topography of the Caribbean world. This historical collection is an invaluable resource for the York University community and visiting researchers. Professor Found will participate in a Tubman Seminar on Tuesday, April 10^th , 2012. Professor Found will highlight the importance of the historical prints and maps in carrying out research on the Caribbean world in the pre- and post-emancipation periods. All are welcome to attend.
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