Detail View: JCB Map Collection: South America Laid down from the Best Modern Maps with Improvements
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Accession Number:
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06-222
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File Name:
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06-222-10
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Call number:
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D760 W927d
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Map title:
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South America Laid down from the Best Modern Maps with Improvements
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Place of Publication:
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[London]
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Publisher:
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[J. Newbery]
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Publication date:
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1751
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Map size height:
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14.3 cm.
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Map size width:
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18.8 cm.
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Item description:
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fold-out engraved map; vol. 3, frontispiece
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Geographical description:
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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.
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Source title:
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The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. ... Vol. III.
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Source place:
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London : Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M DCC LXI
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Historical notes:
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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.
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Normalized date:
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1751
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Creator:
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Emanuel Bowen
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