The Cartography of Jamaica is the history of surveying and creation of maps of

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. A list of maps of

in chronological order is shown below.

1494–1949

1950–1979

The 1:50,000 series

Between the early 1950s and the late 1970s the UK

Directorate of Overseas Surveys The Ordnance Survey International or Ordnance Survey Overseas Directorate its predecessors built an archive of air photography, map and survey records for the United Kingdom from 1946 to 1999. The Ordnance Survey International Collection (formerly ...

published several editions of a series of maps of Jamaica at the scale of 1:50,000. The following table summarises the known publication dates. Online copies can be found on Commons or at the University of Texas Libraries. Index to Jamaica 50K maps

Others

1979–present

Town plans

Kingston

The 1:10,000 series

Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys published several editions of a series of maps of Kingston at the scale of 1:50,000. The following table summarises the known publication dates. Online copies can be found at the University of Texas Libraries.

Others

Montego Bay

;Petrol company road maps *Esso, 1967, on reverse *Texaco, 1972, on reverse

Spanish Town

;Petrol company road maps *Esso, 1967, on reverse *Texaco, 1972, on reverse

Mandeville

;Petrol company road maps *Esso, 1967, on reverse *Texaco, 1972, on reverse

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History of Jamaica