COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
69-02
Record number:
69-02-6
JCB call number:
D823 .M462t
Image title:
Map of the author's route
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
Longman & Co. Paternoster Row
Image date:
1821
Image function:
plate; following p. 194
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19 cm.
Image dimension width:
10.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
21.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.4 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English, Spanish
Description:
Map of the route taken by the author from Rio de Janeiro to San Jose, Canto Gallo, and the diamond district near Tejuco (present-day Diamantina) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Includes locations of settlements, rivers, and mining areas.
Source creator:
Mawe, John, 1764-1829
Source Title:
Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and sold by the author
Source date:
1823
notes:
Mawe is credited with being the first to describe the diamond and gold mines of Brazil. He was the first foreigner to be granted a license to visit the rich mining areas of Minas Gerais.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1968.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Brazil--Maps