Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Carte de la Guyane Française et l'Isle de Cayenne
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Accession Number:
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35736
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File Name:
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35736-1
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Call number:
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E798 P971v
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Map title:
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Carte de la Guyane Française et l'Isle de Cayenne
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Place of Publication:
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[Paris]
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Publication date:
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An VI de la République [1798]
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Map size height:
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23.5 cm.
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Map size width:
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37.4 cm.
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Item description:
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fold-out engraved map; frontispiece, hand coloring
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Geographical description:
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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.
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Source author:
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Prudhomme, Louis Marie, 1752-1830
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Source title:
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Voyage a la Guiane et a Cayenne ...
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Source place:
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A Paris : Chez l'éditeur, rue des Marais, no. 20, F.G., an VI de la Republique.
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Historical notes:
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Prudhomme, a publisher and journalist who was active during the French Revolution, published this account of the Guianas in 1798.
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Normalized date:
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1798
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Creator:
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Dalencour
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