Madeira, La Palma and Ascension Islands
Date
1669-1670
Creator
William Whitethorne (British) , Traveller
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p225r
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 323mm
width (Page): 212mm
width (Page): 212mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Profiles (as viewed from the sea) of three Atlantic islands: Madeira (here styled ‘Maderas’), currently part of Portugal; La Palma (here styled ‘Palme’), one of the Canary Islands, currently part of Spain; and Ascension island (here styled ‘New Ascension’), now part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The names and sizes of the islands are noted.
Drawing from the papers of Robert Boyle.
Drawing from the papers of Robert Boyle.
Transcription
Inscribed verso: ‘Journal of Voyage’.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Figures at the beginning of a journal of a voyage to and from India by William Whitethorne, headed: ‘An Abstract taken out of my Journall, when we sailed fro[m] Place to Place, & likewise when we crossed the Tropicks & Aequinoctiall, out & home, & when we made the Land & anchored, & likewise the time of the stay.’
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place