COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
34619
Record number:
34619-4
JCB call number:
E751 L142j / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
Image title:
Plan de Quito Capitale de la Province de même nom dans le Royaume de Pérou ...
Creator 1:
Jean-Louis Morainville
Creator 1 role:
Levé au pas ... Ingr. du Roy
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Royal Press]
Image date:
[1751]
Image function:
fold-out plate 3; following p. 32
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
26.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
24.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
38.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Plan of Quito, Peru (present-day Ecuador). Cartographic elements include the meridian line drawn through the tower of the church of Mercy [La Merced], location of Pitchincha volcano, some topographical details, and a scale. Decorative cartouche includes Peruvians, cactus, and pineapples. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at right.
Source creator:
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Source Title:
Journal du voyage fait par ordre du Roi, a l'equateur servant d'introduction historique a la Mesure des trois premiers degrés du Méridien
Source place of publication:
A Paris
Source publisher:
de l'Imprimerie royale
Source date:
M. DCCLI. [1751]
notes:
La Condamine was one of three scientists sent by the Académie Royale des Sciences to Peru in 1735 to measure the length of a degree of meridian at the equator. The three soon separated and made independent measurements, finishing in 1743. La Condamine's research was used to prove that the earth flattens toward its poles. Jean-Louis Morainville was the engineer who accompanied La Condamine on his expedition. He disappeared in the Amazon in 1744. This book was the first scientific account of the Amazon River.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Quito (Ecuador)--Maps
Subject headings:
Scientific expeditions--South America
Plan de Quito Capitale de la Province de même nom dans le Royaume de Pérou ...
