Terra Firma Peru, Amazone-Land, Brasil & the North P(art) of La Playa. , 1736
Scope and Contents
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
Dates
- Creation: 1736
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Extent
From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet
Language
English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository