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Gift of Dr. Judith Ewell
Carte du Cours du Maragnon ou de la Grande Riviere Des Amazones, 1757 Dans sa partie navigable depuis Jaen de Bracamorosos jusqui son Embouchure et qui Comprehend la Province de Quito, et la Côte de la Guïane depuis le Cap dde Nord jusqu'à Esséquebè. Leveé en 1743 et 1744, et assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques par M. de la Condamine, de l'Ac R.le des Sc Augmentée du Cours de la Riviere Noire, et d'autres détails tiréd de divers Mémoires et Rouiers manuscrits de Voyageurs moderne.
Copie sur la Carte jointe à la Relation de Voyage de l'Amérique Méridionale, par M. de la Condamine
[Map of the Course of the Maragnon or the Great River of the Amazon In its navigable part since Jean de Bracamorosos until its Mouth and which Includes the Province of Quito, and the Coast of Guiana from Cape de North to Esséquebè. Raised in 1743 and 1744, and subject to the Astronomical Observations by M. de la Condamine, of the Royal Academy of Science Increased the course of the Black River, and other details drawn from various Memoirs and handwritten Roads of Modern Travelers.
Copy on the Map attached to the Travel Relationship of South America, by M. de la Condamine]
Map of the Amazon River from Peru or present-day Ecuador to Brazil with smaller rivers feeding into the Amazon named. Includes degrees of latitude and longitude and a scale in marine leagues. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and French areas are distinguished.
Detailed map of the Amazon is referred to as "the first scientific map of the Amazon." It shows the 1733-44 expedition of Charles-Marie la Condamine, a French scientist and explorer.
Appears in L'Histoire Generale des Voyages. By Abbé Antoine François Prévost
Charles Marie de la Condamine - cartogrpaher
Jacques Nicolas Bellin - cartographer
Guillaume Nicolas Delahaye - engraver
Jean Francois del la Harpes, Paris - publisher
Copper plate engaving, hand colored (color as is)
19 cm x 38 cm
1 : 3,500,000
[Map of the Course of the Rio Meta and part of the Eastern Mountain Range of New Granada drawn up on atsronomic observations and (as for the Meta) according to a manuscript of Dr. J. Cortes Madariga by Alexander of Humboldt.]
The map plots course of the Meta River from New Granada , present day Colombia. Legend identifies cities and villages shown. Astronomic and geographic poits of observation shown. Rielf by harchures.
Plate 19 of the atlas Voyage de MM. Alexandre de Humboldt et Aime Bonpland. Atlas Geographique et Physique, pour Accompagner la Relation Historique. Sixieme livraison. Paris, J. Smith, Rue Montmorency, No. 16; Londres, Dulau et Compie., Soho-Square. 1831.
Alexander von Humboldt - geographer
Jean-Baptiste Poirson - cartographer
Pierre Antoine François Tardieu, Place de l'Estrapade, Paris - lithographer
J. Smith, Rue Montmorency, No. 16; Londres, Dulau et Compie, Soho-Square, Paris - publisher
lithograph, black and white
25 cm x 51 cm
1 : 2,600,000
Map shows the islands of the West Indies (Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Jamaicathe Leeward and Windward Islands) surrounded by the southern tip of Florida, the Mosquito Coast and Colombia. Relief by harchures.
Vingnettes of the city of Kingston, Jamaica, a general view of boats near an island and a depiction of local islanders are shown along with the Seal of Jamaica. John Rapkin - cartographer
John Rapkin - engraver
H. Warren, J. Rogers - illustrators
J. & F. Tallis, New York - publisher
steel engraving, outlined in color
26 cm x 33 cm
1 : 9,200,000
A Map of Terra Firma Peru, Amazone-Land, Brasil & the North P(art) of La Playa, 1736 Plate No. 61 of Atlas minor: or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps, in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth; with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history. By Herman Moll. Shows northern part of the South American continent, covering modern Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and French Guina. Relief shown pictorially.
Herman Moll - geographer
"D. W. from London" - engraver
Thomas and John Bowles, London - publisher
Hand colored, engraved map
21 cm x 28 cm
1:22,000,000
[New Map of Grenade. Andalusia and Guayana with the Bordering Countries are they are in the South.}
Covers Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela; Guayana, etc. Direction of th trade winds shown coming from the southeast. Relief shown pictorially.
A second state of this map residesin this cllection showing mtradewinds from the northeast and southwest.
From Atlas of all known parts of the Earth Globe drawn for the Philosophical History & Politics by Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal, published by Jean- Leonard Pellet, Geneva
Rigobert Bonne, Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la Marine - cartgorapher
Jean-Leonard Pellet, Geneva - publisher
copper engraving, hand-colored
21.5 cm x 52 cm
1 : 11,750,000
[New Map of Grenade. Andalusia and Guayana with the Bordering Countries are they are in the South.}
Covers Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela; Guayana, etc. Direction of th trade winds shown coming from the northeast and southwest. Relief shown pictorially.
A second state of this map resides in this collection showing trade winds from the southeast.
From Atlas of all known parts of the Earth Globe drawn for the Philosophical History & Politics by Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal, published by Jean- Leonard Pellet, Geneva Rigobert Bonne, Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la Marine - cartgorapher
Jean-Leonard Pellet, Geneva - publisher
copper engraving, hand-colored
21.5 cm x 52 cm
1 : 11,750,000
Detailed early 19th-century map of the Captaincy General of Caraccas (Venezuela) , and Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and the Caribbean Islands.
Neele & Son, 352 Strand, London - engraver
Sherwood Neely & Jones, No 20. Paternoster Row, London - publisher
engraving in color
22 cm x 28 cm
1 : 2,300,000
Map of Panama and Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras with the proposed Panama Canal and railway in red Relief by harchures. Map illustrated with vignette engravings of Gold Seekers on their way over the Cordilleras and the Fort at Charge
From The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical. J. & F. Tallis, London & New York.
John Rapkin, London - cartographer
John Rapkin, London - cartographer
H. Warren - illustrator
J. Wrightson, London - illustration engraver
J. & F. Tallis & Company, London & New York- publisher
steel engraving, hand colored
37 cm x 27 cm
1 : 3,750,000
Detailed map of the Pacific coastline of upper South and Central America from Cape Blanco in Costa Rica to Arica in northern Chile. Coastal city names identified. Portolan chart style map with compass rose and rhumb lines. From Atlas Geographus. by Herman Moll
Herman Moll - geographer Herman Moll, London - publisher
black and white engraving
28 cm x 18 cm
1 : 1,270,000
Detailed map of the area between Panama and the Gulf of Guayquil.
Towns, roads, rivers, lakes, mountains, islands, churches, etc. shown. Relief shown pictorially.
From The History Of America by Dr. William Robertson Thomas Kitchen, Hydrographer to the King, London - geographer
Thomas Kitchen, Hydrographer to the King, London - engraver
W. Strahan and T. Cadell, in the Strand - publisher
copper engraving, hand colored outline
39 cm x 26 cm
1 : 5,300,000
Map of the northwest corner of South America Map of the northern countries of South America including Venezuela, New Granada, Ecuador and The Guayanas. Relief by harchures.
Vignettes include the port of Paramaribo, the falls of Bagota, Chimborazo mountain, and drawings of llamas and ostriches
From The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, J. Rogers. J. & F. Tallis, London & New York.
John Tallis, London - cartographer
John Rapkin, William Lacey, London - engravers
J. & F. Tallis & Company, London & New York- publisher
Steel engraving, hand colored in outline
26 cm x 32 cm
1 : 12,000,000
[Plan of the town and old city of San Francisco de Quito Located 0 degrees, 13 1/3 Minutes Latitude N 81 degrees 45 Minutes Longitude W using the Paris Observatory as Prime Meridian]
Detailed map of the city of San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
The key on the left identifies, by letter and number, the city's principal churches, parishes, monastic establishments, and government and municipal buildings. A cross pinpoints Panecillo Hill, site of the city's iconic Madonna of Quito. Relief shown by harchures.
Plate No. 11, Volume XIII of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages, by Antoine-François Prevost, Paris, 1764
Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Royal Hydrographer of the French Navy and member of the Royal Society - cartographer
Pierre de Hondt, The Hague - publisher
hand colored, copperplate engraving
20 cm x 34 cm
1 : 15,350
[Paraguay. By Sr. Robert de Vaugondy Son of Mr. Robert Geograoher of the King with Privilege]
Depicts the border between Paraguay, Brazil, and Peru to the Rio de la Plata and Uruguay and from Chile to the Atlantiic Ocean.
Highly detailed map showing cities, towns, forests, mountain ranges, rivers, and lakes. Relief shown pictorially.
Map appears in Atlas Portatif, Uniiversal et Militaire by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, Paris, 1748 Robert de Vaugondy, G. Atlas Portatif, Universel, et Militaire (Paris: Vaugondy, Durand, Pissot) 1749.
Didier Robert de Vaugoundy - cartographer
Giles Robert de Vaugaondy, Paris - publisher
hand colored, copper engraving
7.25 cm x 8.5 cm
1 : 2,011,000
Detailed map of the region, colored by province and showing towns, rivers, province names and mountains. Traces the Amazon River from Peru to Brazil. Relief by harchures.
No.9 in Colton's Atlas Of The World, Illustrating Physical And Political Geography. By George W. Colton Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in the Southern District of New York
G. W. Colton - geographer
G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. 172 Williams St., New York - publisher
hand-colored engraving
33 cm x 41 cm
1 : 7,000,000
[Map of Peru. To serve the history of the Incas and that of the present state of this Province. Prepared by Philippe Bauche, on Astronomical Observations made around the Equator and communicated to the Academy since the year 1736 by MM Grodin, Bouguer, and the Condamine of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Subject for the other party to Observations of P. Feuillée by M. Frezier and the Geographical Notes of various Travelers. Northern part of Peru.]
Map shows Inca setlements rivers, towns and cities of the northern part of Peru. Relief shown pictorially. Philippe Bauche, Louis Godin, Pierre Bouguer, Charles Marie de la Condamine, Louis Feuillée, Andres François Frezier, Paris - authors
Philippe Bauche, Le Quay de la Mesisserie, Paris - publisher
hand colored, copper engraving
31 cm x 49 cm
1 : 8,100,000
Plate No. 41 of A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World. With a special map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c. Comprehended in seventy sheets and forming a series of One Hundred And Seventeen Maps, Plans And Sections. Published by Samuel Mitchell, Philadelphia
Map of the captals and important towns of Venezuela, New Granada (now Colombia) and Ecuadorand part of the Ithmus of Panama. Relief by harchures.
Inset: Map of the communications by Railroad across the Ithmus of Darien from Victor Bay to Panama Map displays railroad link from joining the Atlantic And Pacific Oceans across the Ithmus of Panama 1 : 507,000
S. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia - geographer
Thomas Copperwaite & Co, Philadelphia - publisher
engraving in full color
32 cm x 38 cm
1 : 6,750,000