Object Details cartographer Sanson, Nicolas 1600-1667 publisher Schenk, Peter 1660-1718 or 1719 Homann Erben (Firm) Title devised by cataloger.

This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at History Today. For most of the 19th century, besides being aware of the hurricane season (June ...

The Caribbean’s colonial period was roughly from 1650-1850, and during this time England, France, Denmark and the Netherlands built sprawling plantations on islands such as Jamaica, Barbados and ...