Mapa de las costas de Tierra-Firme, desde el Orinoco hasta Yucatan : de las islas Antillas y la mayor parte de las Lucayas con las derrotas que siguio Dn. Cristóbal Colon en sus descubrimientos …

Atlas of Venezuela, 1840

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Atlas of Venezuela, 1840

Geographic Area Covered:

South America, Caribbean Area

Geographic Coordinates:

(W 89°10ʹ--W 57°50ʹ/N 24°45ʹ--N 1°00ʹ)

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Full Title: Mapa de las costas de Tierra-Firme, desde el Orinoco hasta Yucatan : de las islas Antillas y la mayor parte de las Lucayas con las derrotas que siguio Dn. Cristóbal Colon en sus descubrimientos …

Creators:

Codazzi, Agustín, 1793-1859

Publisher Location:

Caracas

Date Created:

1840

Contributors:

Thierry frères (Firm), Derongé, P., Veuve

Subjects:

Indians of South America, Language and languages, Ethnology, Ethnic groups, Columbus, Christopher, Voyages and travels, Discovery and exploration, Spanish, Historical geography

Form/Genre:

Maps, Atlases

Mode of Travel:

Waterways, Roads, Trails

Context of Travel:

Exploration, Migration

Time Period Covered:

1840

Notes:

Remainder of title: " … por estos mares y las derrotas de otros navegantes que reconocieron las costas de Venezuela"
"Lith. de Thierry frs. à Paris."
Roughly bounded by the Yucatan Peninsula, Cuba, the Bahama Islands, the Essequibo River delta in Guyana, the Amazon River valley in western Brazil, and northern Ecuador.
Hand colored to identify language groups and locations of Indian tribes in much of northern South America, including Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and northeastern Brazil.
Scale [ca. 1:5,190,000]
Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridian: Caracas.
Former owner: Veuve P. Derongé.

Contained In:

In: Codazzi, Agustín, 1793-1859. Atlas fisico y politico de la República de Venezuela. --Caracas : [s.n.], 1840 (Paris : Lith. de Thierry fres.) --[plate 3]

Original Collection:

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library)

Citation

Codazzi, Agustín, "Mapa de las Costas de Tierra-Firme, desde el Orinoco hasta Yucatan : de las Islas Antillas y la Mayor Parte de las Lucayas con las Derrotas que Siguio Dn. Cristóbal Colon en Sus Descubrimientos por Estos Mares y las Derrotas de Otros Navegantes que Reconocieron las Costas de Venezuela", in Atlas Fisico y Politico de la República de Venezuela (Caracas : [s.n.], 1840), plate 3. Oversize Ayer 135 .C66 1840

Newberry Call Number:

oversize Ayer 135 .C66 1840

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Geographic Area Covered:

South America, Caribbean Area

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : hand colored ; 51 x 65 cm.

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Newberry Library

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