AGSL GeoDiscovery

Atlas de la America del Sur

Description:

Leather binding with decorative gilt trim.

Marbled end papers.

First 4 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description).

Depths shown by bathymetric soundings.

Latiduinal and longitudinal lines on charts.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Includes index.

Charts show coastlines, topography, vegetation, drainage, depths, shoals, islands, ports, city plans.

Chart 1 created in London by Espinosa after he left Spain.

Charts 8-15 derive in whole or in part from the Malaspina expedition, 1789-1794.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zs890wk1927

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zs890wk1927

Language:

spa

Creator:

Spain, Dirección de Hidrografía,, Esteve, Rafael, 1772-1847, Lángara, Juan de, 1736-1806, Selma, Ferdinand, 1752-1810, Gangoiti, Pedro Manuel, 1779-1830, and Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809

Publisher:

Direccion Hidrografica de Madrid ;

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Nautical charts

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1831

Spatial Coverage:

South America, Río de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay), Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean

Rights:

Image from the Warren Heckrotte Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false