The plan depicts a survey of two estates on the island of Antigua: Thibou’s and Blizards (also known as Giles Blizzard’s). The survey illustrates various features, including houses, public roads, burial grounds, a blacksmith shop, and two windmills. Similar to the plan of Belvidere Estate, this is a manuscript plan detailing the division of several smaller plots of land. The plan also notes bordering landmarks, including one of the Nibbs’ estates on the right side of the map. The proximity of these estates can also be observed on the map of Antigua.

The plan does not include a legend or explanation indicating the intended use of each plot or whether any of them were provision grounds. However, some handwritten information is provided: plot 27 is marked with the name Tom Hughes, plots 17 and 18 are identified as burial grounds, and other plots, such as the one on the center-left, appear to contain what might be a house—possibly the Jarvis’ residence—and lime trees (lime juice was used in sugar cane boiling to help remove impurities).

Giles Blizard, Blizards first owner, was a wealthy old man known for flaunting his wealth and keeping a considerable number of gold coins on hand. In 1688, he was murdered by two enslaved men from his estate, one of whom was his son, Geoffrey. Both were brought before a magistrate and executed a few days later. Around 1800, both Thibou’s and Blizards belonged to Thomas Jarvis Jr. (1750-1805). Upon his passing, the estates were left to his heirs. Thomas Jr. served in the Government of Antigua and eventually became Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

Between 1817 and 1832, Blizards estate housed between 156 and 166 enslaved people, while Thibou’s estate housed between 309 and 330. In 1829, Thibou’s was combined with Blizards to form an 830-acre estate that included both Long and Bird Islands, with 319 registered enslaved people. Following the abolition of slavery in 1833, compensation claims were made: Blizards received £2158 12s 0d for 159 enslaved people, awarded to its assignee, while Thibou’s received £4194 12s 7d for 276 enslaved people, awarded to its trustees. According to the Bank of England’s inflation calculator that would correspond to £215,167.31 and £418,170.38 in 2024, respectively.

An 1837 account by James A. Thome (1813–1873) and J. Horace Kimball (1813–1838) describes a visit to Blizards estate:

The negro village on this estate contains one hundred houses, each of which is occupied by a separate family. Mr. H. [James Howell, manager of the estate] next conducted us to a neighboring field where the ‘great gang’ were at work. There were about fifty persons in the gang — the majority female — under two inspectors or superintendents, men who take the place of the former drivers, though their role is quite different. They merely direct the laborers at their work, using persuasion or, at most, verbal reprimands to address any loitering. (The laborers on most estates are divided into three gangs: first, the great gang, composed of the principal able-bodied men and women; second, the weeding gang, consisting of younger and weaker persons; and third, the grass gang, which includes all children able to work).