About Thomas Harrison
Born 1825. Thomas Harrison was a cartographer.
Plan of Thetford Pen in the Parish of St. Catherine &c. Thomas Harrison, 1889. Thomas Harrison (c. 1823–1894) was the first Government Surveyor of Jamaica. His maps have become an important historical resource for the island.
He was apprenticed to Edward McGeachy.
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Thomas Harrison was born in 1825.
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Thomas Harrison was a cartographer.
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