Tallis' Map of Jamaica

This map of Jamaica includes vignettes of Kingston, Port Royal, Port Antonio, and a sugar mill.

The map was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis’ Illustrated Atlas, and the vignettes were engraved by William Lacey after Henry Winkles. 

John Tallis the younger (1817-76) is best remembered for his hugely popular Illustrated Atlas published serially from the mid 1840s onwards and in its complete form in 1851. 

He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840s. Seemingly a victim of unscrupulous business partners, he died in penury and is buried in an unmarked grave. 

Condition & Materials
Steel engraving, printed area measures 26.5 x 34.5 cm. Original hand colour in outline, blank verso.