Caribbean - Navassa Island
By OWEN, Francis , 1814
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The Island of Navassa; between St. Domingo and Jamaica by Francis Owen Master R.N. 1803.

America Caribbean
  • Author: OWEN, Francis
  • Publication place: London
  • Publisher: Capt Hurd RN Hydrographer to the Admiralty
  • Publication date: 6th July 1814.
  • Physical description: Engraved chart.
  • Dimensions: 280 by 210mm. (11 by 8.25 inches).
  • Inventory reference: 11663

Notes

Rare Admiralty chart of Navassa Island, situated between Haiti and Jamaica.

The survey was carried out by Francis Owen of the Royal Navy.

John Walker, founding member of the Royal Geographic Society, was a leading mapmaker and engraver working in London in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is known to have produced numerous charts for James Horsburgh and the Admiralty.

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