Detail View: JCB Map Collection: [Map of the Southern Parts of America]
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Accession Number:
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31195
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File Name:
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31195-1
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Call number:
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D774 F193d / 1-SIZE
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Map title:
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[Map of the Southern Parts of America]
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Place of Publication:
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[Hereford]
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Publisher:
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[C. Pugh]
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Publication date:
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1772
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Map size height:
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52.1 cm.
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Map size width:
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71.8 cm.
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Item description:
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fold-out engraved map; preceding p. 1
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Geographical description:
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Map of the southern part of South America from the Rio de la Plata to Cape Saint Helen on the east coast and Chiloe to Point Male on the west. The southernmost portion of South America is included in 31195-2. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, location of rivers, bays, lakes, salt flats, and a sand dessert. Also includes some topographical details and indications of a "Horse Road."
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Source author:
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Falkner, Thomas, 1707-1784
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Source title:
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A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America ...
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Source place:
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Hereford : Printed by C. Pugh; [London] : and sold by T. Lewis, Russell-Street, London., M.DCC.LXXIV
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References:
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Cardiff, G. La personalidad y la obra de Tomás Falkner, 60
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Historical notes:
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Thomas Falkner, a Jesuit missionary, was born in Manchester, England. After studying as a surgeon under Mead, he shipped out as surgeon on board the Assiento, a slave ship belonging to the South Sea Company. He sailed to the Guinea Coast ca. 1731, then to Buenos Aires where he fell dangerously ill. He was received into the Society of Jesus in 1732 and afterwards spent 38 years as a missionary, first in Paraguay and Tucuman and then from 1740 among the native tribes between the Rio de la Plata and the Strait of Magellan. Biography taken from Lawrence Wroth's penciled note on end paper. Creator taken from the part of map depicted in 31195-2.
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Normalized date:
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1772
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Creator:
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Thomas Kitchin
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