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Creator: Thornton, John, fl. 1652-1701
Title: A new mapp of the Island of Saint Hellena [cartographic material] / by John Thornton.
Scale: Scale [1:42,242]
Publisher: London : [John Thornton], Hydrographer at the sign of England, Scotland, Ireland in the Minories, [1703].
Date: 1703
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map ; 42.8 x 52.3 cm.
Notes: Map of the isolated island of Saint Hellena [i.e. St. Helena] situated in the Atlantic Ocean about 1,000 miles from the coast of west Africa. Before the Suez Canal was built, it served as a strategic island for ships on their way to the Indian Ocean and held by Great Britain since the 17th century. Based on the first map of St. Helena to be published in English by John Seller in 1675, John Thornton later copied this map but added the inset of Trinidade [i.e. Trinidad] and published it in 1703.

Cartouche title.

Imprint on map: London : [John Thornton], Hydrographer at the sign of England, Scotland, Ireland in the Minories.

Map 9 from: The English pilot. Third book / John Thornton. London, 1703.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm458
Subjects: Saint Helena -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
St. Helena -- 1703 -- Maps
Call Number: MAP RM 458
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm458