COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-7628
accession_number
C-7628
Accession Number
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File Name:
C-7628-001
file_name
C-7628-001
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Gb787 LoJ
call_number
Cabinet Gb787 LoJ
Call number
false
Map title:
[Cartagena] [bottom]
map_title
[Cartagena] [bottom]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Madrid
place_of_publication
Madrid
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
1787
publication_date
1787
Publication date
false
Map size height:
31 cm.
map_size_height
31 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
40 cm.
map_size_width
40 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
1 map on 2 sheets, colored
item_description
1 map on 2 sheets, colored
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Bottom part of a map of the area around Cartagena with depiction of marshes on the lower courses of the Chocó, Sinú, and Perico Rivers, and of mountains and forested areas containing timber for building. Centers of population of varying sizes, forts, ranch houses, mines, aqueducts, etc., extensively denoted by symbols, keyed to an "Explicacion de las Señales" at the top of sheet 1. Title at top of sheet 1, in a neoclassical cartouche; below it is a note on the sources for this map, attributed primarily to a survey of the province in manuscript made by Captain D. Antonio La Torre in 1777 on the orders of Governor D. Juan de Torrezar Díaz Pimienta. The note also refers to the transhumance of 250,000 head of horses and cattle in the province. Inset, top right of sheet 1, below the key to symbols: Plano de las neuvas poblaciones. Prime meridian of Tenerife, Canary Is. (given as "Longitud Oriental del Pico de Teide & Tenerife"). iven as four scales: Leguas de 20 al grado, llamadas de Marina ...; Leguas geograficas de España; Leguas legales Castellanas, and, Varas Castellanas.
geographical_description
Bottom part of a map of the area around Cartagena with depiction of marshes on the lower courses of the Chocó, Sinú, and Perico Rivers, and of mountains and forested areas containing timber for building. Centers of population of varying sizes, forts, ranch houses, mines, aqueducts, etc., extensively denoted by symbols, keyed to an "Explicacion de las Señales" at the top of sheet 1. Title at top of sheet 1, in a neoclassical cartouche; below it is a note on the sources for this map, attributed primarily to a survey of the province in manuscript made by Captain D. Antonio La Torre in 1777 on the orders of Governor D. Juan de Torrezar Díaz Pimienta. The note also refers to the transhumance of 250,000 head of horses and cattle in the province. Inset, top right of sheet 1, below the key to symbols: Plano de las neuvas poblaciones. Prime meridian of Tenerife, Canary Is. (given as "Longitud Oriental del Pico de Teide & Tenerife"). iven as four scales: Leguas de 20 al grado, llamadas de Marina ...; Leguas geograficas de España; Leguas legales Castellanas, and, Varas Castellanas.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
López, Juan, 1765-1825
source_author
López, Juan, 1765-1825
Source author
false
Source title:
Mapa geografico de la provincia de Cartagena su autor Don Juan López pensionista por S[u] M[ajestad] C[atólica]; individuo de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Seville, de la Sociedad Vascongada y de la de Asturias
source_title
Mapa geografico de la provincia de Cartagena su autor Don Juan López pensionista por S[u] M[ajestad] C[atólica]; individuo de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Seville, de la Sociedad Vascongada y de la de Asturias
Source title
false
Source place:
[Madrid], año 1787
source_place
[Madrid], año 1787
Source place
false
References:
BMPM 9/228; Phillips, Maps, p. 210 (manuscript of this map); V. Cortés, Catálogo de mapas de Colombia, pp. 219-220
references
BMPM 9/228; Phillips, Maps, p. 210 (manuscript of this map); V. Cortés, Catálogo de mapas de Colombia, pp. 219-220
References
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Scale 1:
ca. 870,000
scale_1
ca. 870,000
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1787
normalized_date
1787
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b54058296
lc_bibliographic_number
b54058296
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
López, Juan, 1765-1825
creator
López, Juan, 1765-1825
Creator
false