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Image1
Field Data
Accession number 97-74
Record number 97-74
JCB call number Cabinet Em786 / 1
Image title Plan de la Ville du Cap François et de ses Environs Dans l'Isle St. Domingue
Place image published Paris
Image publisher Chez le Sr. Phelipeau, Ingénieur-Géographe, rue St. Jacque & au dessus de celle des Mathurins, No. 45
Image date 1786
Image function print
Technique engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height 42 cm.
Image dimension width 59 cm.
Page dimension height 46.5 cm
Page dimension width 63 cm.
Materials medium ink, colors
Materials support paper
Languages French
Description Plan of the town of Cap François, present-day Cap-Haïtien, in Saint Domingue or present-day Haiti. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, degrees of latitude and longitude, and some topographical details. Of interest is the location of the slave market.
notes Cap-Haïtien was once the capital of the French colony of Saint Domingue.
Time Period
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1997.
Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I
geographic area Caribbean Islands
Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings Haiti--Maps

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Field Data
Accession number 09745
Record number
JCB call number E791 P793r / 3-SIZE
Image title Vue du Cap François, Isle St. Domingue.
Creator 1 Fernand de la Bruniere
Creator 1 role del.
Creator 2 Nicolas Ponce
Creator 2 dates
Creator 2 role Excudit.
Place image published Paris
Image publisher Chez M. Moreau de St. Méry ... Et chez M. Ponce ...
Image date [1791]
Image function plate 2
Technique etching, engraving
Image dimension height 24.4 cm.
Image dimension width 59.3 cm.
Page dimension height 47 cm.
Page dimension width 48 cm.
Materials medium ink
Materials support paper
Languages French
Description View of Cap François, present-day Cap-Haïtien, in Haiti. Elements include dwellings, churches, ships, boats, fortification, carriage transporting agricultural goods, and men surveying (?). Items in the image are identified with gull or bird silhouettes in a key below.
Source creator Ponce, Nicolas,
Source Title Recueil de vues des lieux principaux de la colonie françoise de Saint-Domingue
Source place of publication A Paris
Source publisher Chez M. Moreau de Saint-Méry, ... M. Ponce, ... M. Phelipeau
Source date 1791
notes Cap-Haïtien was once the capital of the French colony of Saint Domingue. Also attributed to Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry.
Time Period
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1868.
Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I
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geographic area Caribbean Islands
Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings Haiti--Description and travel

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Image1
Field Data
Accession number 09745
Record number
JCB call number E791 P793r / 3-SIZE
Image title Vue du Cap Francois, Isle St. Domingue, prise du Chemin de l'embarcadère de la petite Anse.
Creator 1 Fernand de la Bruniere
Creator 1 role del.
Creator 2 Nicolas Ponce
Creator 2 dates
Creator 2 role Excudit.
Place image published Paris
Image publisher chez M. Moreau de St. Méry, rue Plâtriere No. 12, et chez M. Ponce ...
Image date [1791]
Image function plate 1
Technique engraving
Image dimension height 24 cm.
Image dimension width 58.5 cm. [both pages]
Page dimension height 47.8 cm.
Page dimension width 63 cm. [both pages]
Materials medium ink
Materials support paper
Languages French
Description View of Cap François or Cap Haïtien in present-day Haiti. Includes dwellings, church, men fishing with seine nets, a painter painting the scene under a parasol, servant and horse, horse-drawn carriage, ships, and boats in the harbor. Items in the image are identified with bird symbols in key below.
Source creator Ponce, Nicolas,
Source Title Recueil de vues des lieux principaux de la colonie françoise de Saint-Domingue
Source place of publication A Paris
Source publisher Chez M. Moreau de Saint-Méry, ... M. Ponce, ... M. Phelipeau
Source date 1791
notes Bolstered by slave labor and the lucrative sugar industry, Cap François, now known as Cap-Haïtien, became the cultural capital of Saint Domingue at the end of the eighteenth century.Also attributed to Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry.
Time Period
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1868.
Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I
geographic area Caribbean Islands
Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)--Description and travel

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Image1
Field Data
Accession number 32328
Record number
JCB call number E797 P135n
Image title La ville des Cayes dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Creator 1 Pérignon
Creator 1 role del.
Creator 2 Jacques-Louis Copia
Creator 2 dates
Creator 2 role Scul.
Place image published [Paris]
Image publisher [H. J. Jansen]
Image date [1797]
Image function fold-out plate 1; vol. 2, following p. 412
Technique engraving
Image dimension height 14.7 cm.
Image dimension width 21.4 cm.
Page dimension height 19.8 cm.
Page dimension width 30.7 cm.
Materials medium ink
Materials support paper
Description View of Les Cayes in present-day Haiti. Includes dwellings, church, fortifications, ships, and boats. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at bottom.
Source creator Pagès, Monsieur de (Pierre Marie François),
Source Title Nouveau voyage autour du monde, en Asie, en Amérique et en Afrique, en 1788, 1789 et Tome second
Source place of publication A Paris
Source publisher Chez H. J. Jansen, imprimeur-libraire, rue des pères, No. 1195
Source date l'an V de la République [1797]
notes Nicolas Perignon ( ) may be the painter of this image.
Time Period
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1957.
Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I
geographic area Caribbean Islands
Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings Haiti--Description and travel

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Image1
Field Data
Accession Number 03794
File Name
Call number E791 P793r \3-SIZE
Map title Plan de la Ville du Cap François et de ses Environs Dans l'Isle St. Domingue
Place of Publication Paris
Publisher Chez le Sr. Phelipeau, Ingénieur-Geographe, rue St. Jacques au dessus de celle des Mathurins, No. 45
Publication date 1786
Map size height 49 cm.
Map size width 67 cm.
Item description Engraved map
Geographical description Plan of Cap François and environs in present-day Haiti. Shows relief pictorially. Includes scale.
Source author Ponce, Nicolas,
Source title Recueil de vues des lieux principaux de la colonie françoise de Saint-Domingue, gravées par les soins de M. Ponce... gravés par les soins de M. Phelipeau, Ingénieur-Géographe; le tout principalement destiné à l'ouvrage intitulé Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique ... par M. Moreau de Saint-Méry
Source place A Paris, Chez M. Moreau de Saint-Méry, Rue Caumartin, no. 31. [Chez] M. Ponce, rue Saint-Hyacinthe, no. 19. [Chez] M. Phelipeau, rue Saint-Jacques, près celle des Mathurins, no. 45., A.P.D.R
Cartobibliographic notes Meant to accompany: Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint-Domingue by M.L.E. (Médéric Louis Elie) Moreau de Saint-Méry, Paris,
References Brown, J.C. Cat., , III:3483, Le Clerc, C. Bib. Americana, 1404, Sabin 50578, Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 8287
Geographic Area Caribbean
Normalized date 1791
LC bibliographic number b
Creator Ponce, Nicolas,

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Field Data
Accession Number C-0159
File Name C
Call number Cabinet Em722 DeG 780
Map title Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue dressée en 1722 pour l'usage du Roy sur les mémoires de Mr. Frezier Ingénieur de S. M. et autres, ... par G. Delisle premier géographe du Roy, de l'Académie rle. des Sciences
Place of Publication Paris
Publisher chés Dezauche, successeur des Srs De l'Isle et Buache 1ers géographes du Roi, rue des Noyers près celle des Anglois
Publication date 1780
Map size height 48 cm.
Map size width 63 cm.
Item description Engraved map, colored
Geographical description Map of Hispaniola including Saint Domingue and Santo Dominigo. "Ph. Buache P. G. d R. d l'A. R. d. S. gendre de l'auteur avec privilége du Roi." "Marin sculpsit." In ms. on verso, "133."
References Phillips, Atlases 655, no. 133; BMPM 7:522; MCC 33, "French mapping ...," no. 62; WLCL 4:251 (other eds.)
Geographic Area Caribbean
Normalized date 1780
LC bibliographic number b
Creator L'Isle, Guillaume de,
Creator Buache, Philippe,