Good place to post historic maps for future use?

[JOVE23]

Hey guys,

 

I've accumulated several high res period maps of some important towns in the Caribbean with the hope that devs or freelancers or whoever comes along and recreates the settlements in the game. I know this is super way down the list of priorities at the moment, but would this be the appropriate area of the forum to post them should I be so inclined?

 

Heck, maybe someone likes unity mapping so much they start doing towns like other modelers are doing ships

 

Thanks,

JOVE23

[ObiQuiet]

This seems like an ideal place. We'd love to see them!

[JOVE23]

Map of Port Royal from before the earthquake:

 

http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/images/mapptryl.JPG

 

I've also found this amazing hi-res map of the environs of Kingston and Port Royal, with farm fields and major roads, and the locations of houses (NOTE: Kingston didn't exist until Port Royal was destroyed in an earthquake in 1692):

 

http://www.bigmapblog.com/maps/map03/ICEWyubhGQXLsvrr.jpg

 

Port Royal Map 1:

Port Royal Map 2

Map of Port Royal and Kingston Area:

Map of St. John's, Antigua

Map of Barbados and Bridgetown, 1722

 

Here is a 1776 map of Bridgetown.

 

I did some Google Earth-ing and saw that the intersection of Tudor and Reid streets are the same now as they were in the 1700s, which might be a good reference point for building out the rest of the city.

 

I also found high-resolution original blueprints of Codrington College, Barbados. Here is that college on Google Maps.

 

A nice picture of the college as it stands today, which might be useful for texturing purposes:

 

 

1738 high res map of Kingston, Jamaica

 

http://gallery.bl.uk/viewall/default.aspx?e=Caribbean Views

 

For props: Here is a blueprint of a sugar mill from 1794

 

Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown, Barbados (1692)

 

King's House, Spanish Town, Jamaica (built 1762, gutted by fire 1925)

What's left of King's House

 

Kingston, Jamaica 1827 (might help with some buildings on the Kingston map?)

 

Map of Tobago with native settlements, 1756

 

Fort George, Barbados 1782 (with surrounding plantations/farmhouses marked out)

 

Morne Fortune, St. Lucia, 1781

Barracks for 300 men at Morne Fortune

 

Another lot map of Kingston.

Here's good info on how Kingston was laid out.

 

Antigua, 1732

 

A Picturesque Tour of Jamaica in 1820 and 1821, complete with drawings

 

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Picturesque_Tour_of_the_Island_of_Jamaica

 

1722 map of Barbados

 

Nautical Chart of Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown, Barbados

http://www.heritagecharts.com/shopimages/products/extras/A513_zoom_web.jpg

 

map of Port au Prince:

 

 

 

A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados, 1673

 

Starting at page 94 there is a diagram of some sugar cane processing facility which might be good to build and add

 

Watching this documentary brought me to some other resources

 

Upgrading and renewing a historic city: Port Royal, Jamaica (1984) if anyone can get their hands on this book that would be amazing.

 

Here is a floor plan of a site that was excavated underwater at the site. They think this is Jenny Cook's restaurant

 

 

Might be worth contacting these architects in Jamaica to see what they have regarding resources on old Port Royal? Peter Francis was featured in the above documentary.

 

GIANT HUGE IMAGES...be warned!!

 

Plano y explicación del Real Astillero de la Habana en la ysla de Cuba y de sus inmediaciones, 1700s (Plan and explanation of Royal Shipyard of Havana on the island of Cuba and its surroundings.)

 

 

 

Plano de Puerto Belo situado en la costa de Tierra Firme en la latd. de 9sup0/sup18'N. y lomgd. [sic] de 294sup0/sup45' segn. el meridiano de Tenerife, 1700s (Map of Puerto Belo located on the coast of the mainland in the latd. 9 ⁰ 18N. and lomgd. [sic] of 294 ⁰ 45 according. the meridian of Tenerife)

 

 

 

Plan de la va. y Fuerte Rl. de la Isla Martinica, 1700s (I think this is Fort-de-France, Martinique, but the fort on the top right quadrant eludes me)

 

 

 

Plano del ryo e ciudad de Sto. Domingo, 1700s (Plan of the river and city of Santo Domingo, Hispaniola)

 

 

 

Ville de S. Domingue dans l'isle de ce nom, 1764 (Santo Domingo, Hispaniola)

 

 

 

Plano de la plaza y ciudad de Santo Domingo, capital de la isla Española, 1785 (Map of the Square and Santo Domingo, capital of the Spanish island)

 

 

 

Stadt St. Domingo, c.1715 (Santo Domingo, Hispaniola)

 

 

 

Plan du mouillage du fort St Pierre de la Martinique, 17th century (Map Location of Fort St. Pierre in Martinique)

Edited February 22, 2016 by JOVE23