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James Robertson: The Shetlander Who Mapped Jamaica

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Anne M Powers

A Talk by Joanne Wishart on Wednesday 31 October 2018  at  The Gallery, Alan Baxter Ltd , 75 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EL Little known surveyor and mapmaker James Robertson (1753-1829) went from the Shetland island of Yell to the Caribbean to… Continue Reading →

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