COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
35736
File Name:
35736-1
Call number:
E798 P971v
Map title:
Carte de la Guyane Française et l'Isle de Cayenne
Place of Publication:
[Paris]
Publication date:
An VI de la République [1798]
Map size height:
23.5 cm.
Map size width:
37.4 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; frontispiece, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Map of the coast of French Guiana including two inset maps, one of the island of Cayenne, the other a plan of the town and Fort Michel of Cayenne. Cartographic elements include scales, degrees of latitude and longitude, and some topographical details. Also includes fortifications.
Source author:
Prudhomme, Louis Marie, 1752-1830
Source title:
Voyage a la Guiane et a Cayenne ...
Source place:
A Paris : Chez l'éditeur, rue des Marais, no. 20, F.G., an VI de la Republique.
Geographic Area:
South America
Historical notes:
Prudhomme, a publisher and journalist who was active during the French Revolution, published this account of the Guianas in 1798.
Normalized date:
1798
Creator:
Dalencour
Carte de la Guyane Française et l'Isle de Cayenne
