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Pieter Vander Aa: Jonathan Dickenson's Ramspoedige Reystogt van Jamaika na Pensyvania nagespoorel
Title: Jonathan Dickenson's Ramspoedige Reystogt van Jamaika na Pensyvania nagespoorel Map Maker: Pieter Vander Aa
Description: Scarce map of the Eastern part of North America and the Western Caribbean, including Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola, etc., from Cartes des Itineraires et Voyages Modernes. The Dickenson family set sail from Jamaica in 1696. The ship was wrecked in a storm off the East coast of Florida, landing near Jupiter Island, about 20 miles north of present day West Palm Beach. After getting safely ashore, the party was seized by Indians, and stripped of their clothing and other possessions. The Indians made no effort to kill or enslave them, but let them proceed some 200 miles north to St. Augustine, where they were befriended by the Spaniards, who sent them on their way to Charleston, and eventually to Philadelphia. The Dickenson's story became one of the most popular of 18th Century Indian captivity narratives.
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