COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
(Provincias de Barquisimeto, Carabobo, Trujillo y Barinas)
Obj Height cm:
67
Obj Width cm:
50
Scale 1:
1,300,000
Note:
Four lithographed maps on sheet. Relief shown by hachures. Title in index: Carta de las provincias de Carabobo, Barquisimeto, Trujillo y Barinas, divididas por cantones; como la anterior. Prime meridian: Caracas.
Full Title:
(Provincia de Barquisimeto. Provincia de Carabobo. Provincia de Trujillo. Provincia de Barinas). Lith. de Thierry, freres, Paris. (Caracas 1840)
List No:
5226.014
Page No:
(no. 14)
Series No:
18
Pub Date:
1840
Pub Title:
Atlas fisico y politico de la Republica de Venezuela dedicado por su autor, el Coronel de Ingenieros Agustin Codazzi al Congreso Constituyente de 1830. Caracas 1840. Lith. de Thierry Fres. Cite Bergere 1 a Paris.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 2775. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 962. Catalogue of maps of Hispanic America, v. 3, p. 29.
Pub Note:
This is the first national atlas of a South American country listed in Phillips. It is also an early example of the use of lithography in atlases, predating the first North American lithographed atlas (Mitchell) by six years. There are 30 full color detailed political and physical maps on 18 sheets. In addition to the maps, there is a beautiful lithographed title page and a striking mountains and rivers plate. Marbled boards with blue cloth spine, with 8 pages of text and index.
Pub List No:
5226.000
Pub Maps:
18
Pub Height cm:
53
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
5226014
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Caracas
Publisher:
Agostino Codazzi
Publisher Location:
Paris
Publisher:
Thierry Freres.
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
Barinas (Venezuela : State)
Publication Author:
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Author:
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Date:
1840
(Provincias de Barquisimeto, Carabobo, Trujillo y Barinas)
