COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
06-222
accession_number
06-222
Accession Number
false
File Name:
06-222-10
file_name
06-222-10
File Name
false
Call number:
D760 W927d
call_number
D760 W927d
Call number
false
Map title:
South America Laid down from the Best Modern Maps with Improvements
map_title
South America Laid down from the Best Modern Maps with Improvements
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
[J. Newbery]
publisher
[J. Newbery]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1751
publication_date
1751
Publication date
false
Map size height:
14.3 cm.
map_size_height
14.3 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
18.8 cm.
map_size_width
18.8 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; vol. 3, frontispiece
item_description
fold-out engraved map; vol. 3, frontispiece
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of South America including part of Central America and the west coast of Africa. Cartographic elements include lines of longitude and latitude, the Ferro meridian, locations of rivers, some topographical details, and the mythical Lake Xarayes.
geographical_description
Map of South America including part of Central America and the west coast of Africa. Cartographic elements include lines of longitude and latitude, the Ferro meridian, locations of rivers, some topographical details, and the mythical Lake Xarayes.
Geographical description
false
Source title:
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. ... Vol. III.
source_title
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. ... Vol. III.
Source title
false
Source place:
London : Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M DCC LXI
source_place
London : Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M DCC LXI
Source place
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Early Spanish explorers mistook the seasonal flood plane of Xarayes [Xareyes, Xaraes], present-day Pantanal, for a mythical and fabulous lake.Volume three contains an account of the conquest of Peru and the settlement of Brazil by the Portuguese.
historical_notes
Early Spanish explorers mistook the seasonal flood plane of Xarayes [Xareyes, Xaraes], present-day Pantanal, for a mythical and fabulous lake.Volume three contains an account of the conquest of Peru and the settlement of Brazil by the Portuguese.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1751
normalized_date
1751
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Emanuel Bowen
creator
Emanuel Bowen
Creator
false