COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Facsimile: British Empire in America by Popple.
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
35
Scale 1:
18,000,000
Reference:
P2776.
Full Title:
(Facsimile) Popple - 1733. America Septentrionalis. S Doc 9a 55 2. Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements Adjacent Thereto, by Henry Popple, London, 1733. W.H. Toms Sculp. Reproduced from Original (in a Collection Labeled American Maps, Vol. 2, No. 151,) in Library of U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. Photo.Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, MD.
List No:
1122.039
Page No:
34
Series No:
39
Pub Date:
1897
Pub Title:
Maps Of The Orinoco-Essequibo Region, South America. Compiled For The Commission Appointed By The President Of The United States "To Investigate And Report Upon The True Divisional Line Between The Republic Of Venezuela And British Guiana". Commissioners, David J. Brewer, President, Richard H. Alvey, Frederic R. Coudert, Andrew D. White, Daniel C. Gilman, Severo Mallet-Prevost, Secretary. Washington. February, 1897.
Pub Reference:
P2776.
Pub Note:
Reproductions of maps from 1534 to 1875. On cover: Venezuelan Boundary Commission Report. 1898. Atlas (vol. 4 indicated on half title). With printed color. The American resolution under the auspices of the Monroe Doctrine, and as illustrated by this atlas, of the dispute between Britain and Venezuela, largely followed the the route (favoring Britain) of the Schomburgk Line, the name given to a survey line made in 1835 by Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865). Venezuela periodically contests its validity.
Pub List No:
1122.000
Pub Maps:
76
Pub Height cm:
44
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
1122039
Publisher Location:
Washington D.C.
Publisher:
United States of America
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Guyana
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
Orinoco-Essequibo Region
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
Historical
Publication Author:
Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Commission
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Author:
Popple, Henry
Date:
1733
Facsimile: British Empire in America by Popple.
