COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
08664
File Name:
08664-1
Call number:
JA785 R375e
Map title:
Maragnonii sive Amazonum Fluminis Terrarum in Orbe Maximi, quoad Hispanicae Potestati subest, cursus ...
Place of Publication:
Norimb: [Nuremberg]
Publisher:
[Johann Eberhard Zeh]
Publication date:
1785
Map size height:
48 cm.
Map size width:
56.2 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; at end of book
Geographical description:
Map of part of South America including the upper Amazon River and its tributaries. Includes present-day Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, compass rose, scale, location of native American settlements, missions, and bishoprics. Decorative cartouche includes native Americans and mythological figure or river god who is seated on a tortoise or turtle and holds a triton, flanking title surmounted by women, one represents the church with chalice and cross, the other government with a pillar and anchor. Also includes owl and bat, brace of game or birds, fish, feathered headdress and garment, bow and arrows.
Source title:
Reisen einiger Missionarien der Gesellschaft Jesu in Amerika. Aus ihren eigenen Aufsätzen herausgegeben von Christoph Gottlieb von Murr ...
Source place:
Nürnberg : Bey Johann Eberhard Zeh, 1785
Geographic Area:
South America
Historical notes:
Murr, a Unitarian scholar who wrote on alchemy and theological topics, assembled these accounts of the Jesuits in Brazil.
Normalized date:
1785
Creator:
Petro Parcar
Creator:
J. Kellner
Maragnonii sive Amazonum Fluminis Terrarum in Orbe Maximi, quoad Hispanicae Potestati sube...
