Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: America Meridionalis
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Accession number:
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3363
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Record number:
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3363-1
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JCB call number:
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Z M533 1635 / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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America Meridionalis
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright]
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Image date:
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[1635]
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Image function:
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plate; p. 921
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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14.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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18.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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30.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Spanish, Latin
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Description:
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Map of South America showing the Rio de la Plata, Amazon, and Orinoco rivers joining at the Lacus Eupana. Also shows another mythical lake, Lacus Parima (or Lake Parime). Cartographic elements include some topographical details, names of settlements, degrees of latitude and longitude, and scale. Decorative elements include sea monsters or fish and ship.
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Source creator:
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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
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Source Title:
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[Atlas minor. English] Historia mundi; or, Mercator's Atlas. Containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed by T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright
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Source date:
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1635
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notes:
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The legendary existences of great inner lakes in the interior of South America was believed for several centuries. The present-day Pantanal, the world's largest wetlands, was thought to be either Eupana Lacus or Lake Xarayes [Xareyes, Xaraes]. Nuñes Cabeza de Vaca, founder of the city of Asunción heard of Lake Xarayes from a native American tribe of the same name. Parime or Manoa was thought to be where the fabulous El Dorado was located. Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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References:
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http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/6292/information.html (July 2003)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1907.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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geographic area:
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Guianas
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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South America--Maps
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