COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-6861
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C-6861
Accession Number
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File Name:
C-6861-001
file_name
C-6861-001
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Gm798 BoF
call_number
Cabinet Gm798 BoF
Call number
false
Map title:
Carte generale et particuliere de la colonie d'Essequebe & Demerarie située dans la Guiane en Amérique rédigée et dédiée au comité des colonies & possessions de la Republique Batave en Amérique, & a la côte de Guinée par le major F. von Bouchenroeder
map_title
Carte generale et particuliere de la colonie d'Essequebe & Demerarie située dans la Guiane en Amérique rédigée et dédiée au comité des colonies & possessions de la Republique Batave en Amérique, & a la côte de Guinée par le major F. von Bouchenroeder
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam
place_of_publication
Amsterdam
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
chez Wouter Brave
publisher
chez Wouter Brave
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1798
publication_date
1798
Publication date
false
Map size height:
62 cm.
map_size_height
62 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
97 cm.
map_size_width
97 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map
item_description
Engraved map
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the colony of Essequibo and Demerara in present day Suriname. "Carte de la Colonie d'Essequebe & Demenarie," titling in upper margin. Differential coloring of plantations indicates land cultivated, fallow or abandoned; and save in the last case, the product (coffee, sugar, cotton, cocoa, rice or tobacco) cultivated there. Mills, brickworks, churches, Indian villages, forts, militia posts, communication canals included in key along with this economic information. With long note on the natural vegetation, on a simulated scroll at upper left center. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Decorative cartouche includes palm-trees, shells, pineapple, tobacco. Approximately 1/4 of the map at upper right is "Continuation de la Riviere Demerarie, Essequebe, et Mazaronie," corresponding to where the main map ends at upper left: within a border line, but to same scale. Upon it is placed the inset. "Echelle de 6000 Verges, chaque Verge de 12 pieds Rhenans" at lower right. Inset at upper right, within frame line of "Continuation de la Riviere Demerarie, Essequebe, et Mazaronie": Carte generale [of Guyana, including the lower courses of the Berbice, Demerara, Essequibo, Ponmaron, and Orinoco rivers]. Accompanied by 2 broadside sheets.
geographical_description
Map of the colony of Essequibo and Demerara in present day Suriname. "Carte de la Colonie d'Essequebe & Demenarie," titling in upper margin. Differential coloring of plantations indicates land cultivated, fallow or abandoned; and save in the last case, the product (coffee, sugar, cotton, cocoa, rice or tobacco) cultivated there. Mills, brickworks, churches, Indian villages, forts, militia posts, communication canals included in key along with this economic information. With long note on the natural vegetation, on a simulated scroll at upper left center. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Decorative cartouche includes palm-trees, shells, pineapple, tobacco. Approximately 1/4 of the map at upper right is "Continuation de la Riviere Demerarie, Essequebe, et Mazaronie," corresponding to where the main map ends at upper left: within a border line, but to same scale. Upon it is placed the inset. "Echelle de 6000 Verges, chaque Verge de 12 pieds Rhenans" at lower right. Inset at upper right, within frame line of "Continuation de la Riviere Demerarie, Essequebe, et Mazaronie": Carte generale [of Guyana, including the lower courses of the Berbice, Demerara, Essequibo, Ponmaron, and Orinoco rivers]. Accompanied by 2 broadside sheets.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Bouchenroeder, Friedrich von, fl. 1795
source_author
Bouchenroeder, Friedrich von, fl. 1795
Source author
false
Source title:
Carte generale et particuliere de la colonie d'Essequebe & Demerarie située dans la Guiane en Amérique rédigée ...
source_title
Carte generale et particuliere de la colonie d'Essequebe & Demerarie située dans la Guiane en Amérique rédigée ...
Source title
false
Source place:
A Amsterdam: chez Wouter Brave,1798
source_place
A Amsterdam: chez Wouter Brave,1798
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
First proof: "Premiere Epreuve" under lower border line, extreme right.
cartobibliographic_notes
First proof: "Premiere Epreuve" under lower border line, extreme right.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Koeman, Surinam, no. 273; Phillips, Atlases 2721, no. 55 (repro.); BMPM 3/168
references
Koeman, Surinam, no. 273; Phillips, Atlases 2721, no. 55 (repro.); BMPM 3/168
References
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Scale 1:
190,080
scale_1
190,080
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1798
normalized_date
1798
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b54106606
lc_bibliographic_number
b54106606
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Bouchenroeder, Friedrich von, fl. 1795
creator
Bouchenroeder, Friedrich von, fl. 1795
Creator
false
Creator:
Turpin, J.
creator
Turpin, J.
Creator
false