Mapa de America sujecto à las observaciones astronomicas

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Title:
Mapa de America sujecto à las observaciones astronomicas
Description:
Subject: Map of North and South America and the Pacific islands. Cartouche shows a large iguana or alligator, palm tree and tropical bird.
Creator:
López de Vargas Machuca, Tomás, 1731-1802
Name on Item:
par D. Tomàs Lopez, geografo de los Domanios de S.M. por Real Despacho, de la Academia de S. Fernando.
Date:
1772
Format:
Maps
Location:
American Antiquarian Society
Collection (local):
American Antiquarian Society Collection
Subjects:
North America--Maps
South America--Maps
Places:
South America
North America (area)
Extent:
1 map : engraving, hand colored ; 49 x 60 cm., on sheet 56 x 73 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/z603vg60f
Terms of Use:
Public Domain/No known restrictions on use. Contact host institution to download image.
Contact host institution for more information.
Publisher:
Madrid : [s.n.]
Scale:
Scale [ca 1:30,000,000]
Language:
Spanish
Catalog Record:
http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=480616
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Notes (date):
anno 1772

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