COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
08569
File Name:
08569-048
Call number:
Z Z1 7 /3-SIZE
Map title:
Carte de la Terre Ferme du Perous, du Bresil et du Pays des Amazones Dressée sur les Descriptions de Herrera, de Laet, et des PP. d'Acuña et M. Rodrigués et sur plusieur Relations et Observations posterieurs Par Guillaume De l'Isle Premier Géographe du Roy de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
Place of Publication:
Paris
Publisher:
Chez Dezauche. Graveur, Successeur des Srs. De l'Isle et Buache, Premiers Géographes du Roi, Rue des Noyers près celle des Anglois
Publication date:
1782
Map size height:
55 cm.
Map size width:
74 cm.
Item description:
engraved map [48] of 53 maps, hand colored
Geographical description:
Map of the northern part of South America divided into regions: Terre Firme, Guiane, Brasil, Pays des Amazones, Perou, and Paraguay. Includes indication of shallows, location of settlements, rivers, lakes, and native tribes. Decorative cartouche includes figures in classical garb with shields and spears, and sun.
Source title:
West Indies, Do. Seperate [sic] Islands, South America [binder's title]
Source place:
[Providence? 1840]
Cartobibliographic notes:
This map was bound into a volume of 53 maps for John Carter Brown around 1840. The first map, Herman Moll, "A map of the West-Indies," London, ca. 1720 (08569-1-000) was removed from the volume and is housed separately.
References:
Phillips 655
Geographic Area:
South America
Historical notes:
Contains information gained from Antonio de Herrera y Tordesilla, Joannes de Laet, and Cristóbal de Acuña.
Normalized date:
1782
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