COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
14552
File Name:
14552-002
Call number:
Cabinet Ej755 LoT
Map title:
[Map of Caribbean islands and the northern part of South America]
Place of Publication:
Paris
Publication date:
1755
Map size height:
40 cm.
Map size width:
39 cm.
Item description:
Engraved map in 2 sheets
Geographical description:
Map of Caribbean islands and the northern part of South America. Prime meridian of Tenerife. Decorative cartouche includes fruit, feathered headdresses, and the Spanish royal coat of arms.
Source author:
López de Vargas Machuca, Tomás, 1731-1802
Source title:
Mapa maritimo del Golfo de Mexico e islas de la America, para el uso de los navegantes en esta parte del mundo, ... Dedicado a la Catholica Magestad de Don Fernando VI Rey de España, y de las Yndias, por ... Thomas Lopez, y Juan de la Cruz
Source place:
[Paris? : s.n.], 1755
Cartobibliographic notes:
Spanish version of [Bellin] Carte reduite du Golfe du Mexique et des islas de l'Amerique ... [Paris], 1749.
References:
Marcel, no. 149; BMPM 9/231; Harvard cat. 1831, p. 208
Geographic Area:
Caribbean
Normalized date:
1755
LC bibliographic number:
b53977014
Creator:
López de Vargas Machuca, Tomás, 1731-1802
[Map of Caribbean islands and the northern part of South America]