Mapa de la America Septentl. asia oriental y mar del sur intermedio formado sobre las Memorias mas recientes y exactas hasta el año de 1754
Creator 1:
Manuel Rodriguez
Creator 1 role:
sculpst.
Place image published:
[Madrid]
Image publisher:
[Widow of Manuel Fernanadez]
Image date:
1756
Image function:
fold-out map; vol.3, following p. 436
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
29.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
36 cm.
Page dimension height:
31.3 cm
Page dimension width:
38.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Map on north polar projection of North America and northern Asia showing the routes of eight voyages of discovery, including Vitus Bering's search for the Northwest Passage. Cartographic elements include lines of longitude (based on the Ferro meridian) and latitude, scales, and locations of various lakes and rivers. Decorative elements include native Americans in feathered headdresses and garments, dogs, men from China, rear view of a native from Kamchatka.
Source creator:
Venegas, Miguel, 1680-1764
Source Title:
Noticia de la California, y desu conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente .. Tomo primero
Source place of publication:
Madrid
Source publisher:
En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, y del Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion
Source date:
M.D.CCLVII [1757]
notes:
This map, which was not authorized by Burriel (the editor of this book), was based on the Philippe Buache / Joseph Nicolas de l'Isle map presented by de l'Isle on April 8, 1750, at the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris. It caused an immediate sensation. The map showed the results of Vitus Bering's two voyages for Russia along the Aleutian islands and the apocryphal discoveries of the ficticious Spanish Admiral Bartholomé de Fonte.Fonte was alleged to have discovered the Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via a series of lakes and rivers. A number of these waterways are shown on this map.Venegas, a prominent Mexican Jesuit, finished the manuscript of this book in 1739, but it was extensively revised by Andrés Marcos Burriel. The book is considered the first history of California.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples; Geography, maps, city views and plans
geographic area:
North America
Subject headings:
Arctic regions--Maps; North America--Maps; Northwest Passage
References:
Wagner, H.R. Cartography of the Northwest coast of America, 587, vol. 1, p. 154-155; http://www.dsloan.c…(June 2004)
