Plan of the bay and harbour of Rio-Janeiro on the coast of Brazil

More details at:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5584201

Description:

Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. Insets: Appearance of the land about the entrance of Rio Janeiro / by Jo. Watson, on board the Royal Captain, August 1761 -- Appearance of the land near the entrance of Rio Janeiro, Gavea bearing west, 6 or 7 leagues distant, taken on board the Pitt, in 1763. Shows tracks of the Royal Bishop and the Pitt; text includes "Directions for sailing into Rio-Janeiro, by Io. Watson"; "Directions for Rio-Janeiro from the Pitt's journal in 1763"; Mr. Sampson Hall's observations in 1783."

Creator:

Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780

Publisher:

London : Published ... by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, 12th. May 1794.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—Maps—Early works to 1800, Maps—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—1794, and Nautical charts—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—1794

Spatial Coverage:

Brazil

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF