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At the beginning of the eighteenth-century British navigators, surveyors, and officials were largely forced to rely on French and Dutch maps or inferior English charts. The lack of a cohesive and professional domestic cartography industry was problematic, in particular, for British shipping. Mapping errors resulted in the incalculable loss of ships, men, and cargo. After circa 1759, however, ... read moremapmaking in Britain was prioritized; by the beginning of the nineteenth-century London was the world's leading map production center. Although the role of the East India Company and the British Isles in this 'renaissance' have been extensively explored, little historiography exists concerning the influence of the West Indies in the development of British cartography. The West Indies were extremely important to British commerce, and West Indies commerce helped propel British mapmaking.read less
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