South America : performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood

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South America

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Title:
South America : performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood
Title (alt.):
Amazonia, Terrafirma, part of Brasil and Peru
Cartographer:
Bolton, Solomon, -approximately 1768
Cartographer:
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Engraver:
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784
Contributor:
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767
Name on Item:
by the Sieur D'Anville, improved by Mr. Bolton for Mr. Postlethwayte's Dictionary of trade and commerce ; Thos. Kitchin sculp.
Date:
[1774]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
South America
South America
Extent:
1 map on 3 sheets ; 119 x 76 cm, on sheets 59 x 89 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : [Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton [and others]]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:6,500,000 at the equator
Language:
English
Table of Contents:
Plate I. Amazonia, Terrafirma, part of Brasil and Peru
Sth. America, plate II
plate III
Notes:
Boston Public Library copy imperfect: North sheet (plate I) only. Lacking middle and south sheets.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
From The universal dictionary of trade and commerce volume II / by Malachy Postlethwayt. 4th edition. London : Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton [and others], 1774.
Statements about revisions by Mr. Bolton, 1755 at bottom of plates.
"To his grace the Duke of Rutland, this map of South America is most humbly inscribed."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_017823
Call #:
G5200 1774 .B65
Barcode:
39999085963302