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A genuine account of earthquakes, especially that at Oxford, in the year 1695; and of another terrible one at Port-Royal, in Jamaica, in the year 1692
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Part of the Island of Jamaica, a few leagues N. of Port Royal harbor
Manuscripts
The collection contains J. Goldsborough Bruff's oversize revised version of his journal (c. 1853) which documents his journey across the American plains in 1849 by way of Lassen's Trail. Also included in the collection are 264 drawings of scenes from his overland journey, of various places he visited in California, and of his sea voyage to the Eastern United States via Mexico and Panama. Many of Bruff's drawings are in pencil, but thirty-eight of them were drawn with pastels and are in color.
HM 8044 (263)
Port Royal in Jamaica. Engraved for Luffman's Select Plans of the principal Cities, Ports, Harbours & Forts in the World
Visual Materials
Text: Port Royal Harbour is as secure as any in the World, 1000 ships may ride therin in safety in the worst weather. The Town was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692, by fire in 1702 & by an inundation in 1722. Latt. 17.41N Long. 76.34W from London. MS note: 465 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: L47.
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