A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia : from Mr. d'Anville with several improvements and additions, and the newest discoveries.

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Title: A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia : from Mr. d'Anville with several improvements and additions, and the newest discoveries.
Alternative Title: Chart of the Falkland's Islands.
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Contributor: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe
Published / Created: July the 1st, 1787.
Publication Place: London :
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer,
Description: Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780].
Includes descriptive notes and text "Division of South America with a summary account of its trade," and large ornamental cartouche.
Inset map: Chart of the Falkland's Islands : named by the French Malouine Islands, and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1595. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings.
Sheets measures 54 x 122.7 cm.
Sheets mounted together to form 2 sheets.
Extent: 1 map on 4 sheets : hand col. ; 98 x 116 cm, sheets 55 x 63 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:7,900,000]
Coordinates: (W 103⁰--W 7⁰/N 13⁰--S 56⁰)., -007.000000, 013.000000, -056.000000, -103.000000, 7900000, and a
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 90 1787
Container / Volume: BRBL_00661

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Maps
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): Falkland Islands--Maps--Early works to 1800
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name): Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 8163624
Object ID (OID): 15821003