COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
C-0094
File Name:
C-0094
Call number:
Cabinet G71 MoH / OVERSIZE
Map title:
To the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer ... This map of South America, ...
Place of Publication:
[London]
Publisher:
Printed for H. Moll ... I. Bowles ... T. Bowles ... And by P. Overton ... And by John King
Publication date:
[ca. 1709-1720]
Map size height:
57.6 cm.
Map size width:
96.6 cm.
Item description:
engraving, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Map of South America including part of Central America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, compass rose, indication of wind directions, location of lakes (including lakes Parime and Xarayes), rivers, and settlements (including Manoa or El Dorado). Includes inset view of Potosí with church at summit, dwellings, and windmills. Decorative cartouche includes native Americans with parasol, spear, rolls of tobacco, pot of gold coins, gold bars, feathered headdress, natural bridge and volcanos. Also includes [Sunderland?] coat of arms. Also included are the Solomon Islands and the western coast of Africa.
Geographic Area:
South America
Historical notes:
First discovered by the Spanish in 1547, Potosí was illustrated in Pedro de Cieza de León, Parte primera de la chronica del Peru, Seville, 1553. Arnoldus Montanus took that image and modified it in his De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, 1671, adding palm trees and windmills. The image shown here derives from Montanus's view.
Normalized date:
1709
Creator:
George Vertue
Creator:
Bernard Lens
Creator:
Herman Moll
To the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer ... This map of Sout...
