COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Composite: South America.
Obj Height cm:
100
Obj Width cm:
118
Scale 1:
7,900,000
Note:
Digital composite of 2 hand colored engraved maps with inset. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings. Shows settlements, roads, Indian tribes, etc. Includes text "Divisions of South America with a summary account of its trade," descriptive notes and illustrated cartouche. Prime meridian: Ferro. Printed on 4 sheets; joined as 2.
Reference:
Bancroft Library G5200 1794.A5.
Full Title:
(Composite of) A map of South America containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia, from Mr. d'Anville with several improvements and additions, and the newest discoveries. (with) A chart of Falkland's Islands named by the French Malouine Islands and discovered by Hawkins, in the year 1593. London, Published by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs 12th May, 1794.
List No:
2310.091
Page No:
(75-76)
Series No:
93
Pub Date:
1804
Pub Title:
(A new universal atlas, exhibiting all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, &c. &c. in the whole World; being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the last edition of D'Anville and Robert (de Vaugondy) with many improvements by Major James Rennel, and other eminent geographers, including all the tracks and new discoveries of the British circumnavigators, Biron, Wallis, Carteret, Captain James Cook, Vancouver, Perouse, &c. &c. 6th Ed. ... London, R. Laurie & J. Whittle, 1804)
Pub Reference:
OCLC 7160203. Cf P699; Shirley R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.LAU-1c (1799 ed.); NMM 375 (3rd ed. 1801)
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2310.000
Pub Maps:
76
Pub Height cm:
57
Pub Width cm:
41
Image No:
2310091
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2006
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Laurie & Whittle
Type:
Composite Map
World Area:
South America
Region:
Falkland Islands
Publication Author:
Kitchin, Thomas
Publication Author:
Robert Laurie & James Whittle
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
Author:
Robert Laurie & James Whittle
Date:
1794
Attributed Author:
Kitchin, Thomas
Composite: South America.
