Venezuela
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\South America\nations\Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chart of the Caribbean Sea, ca. 1740
Item — Drawer MC-1, Folder: Map 31
Identifier: 3976.592
Description
From catalog info:Caribbean AreaSpanish Cartogtapher, 18th CenturyScale: 1:3,500,000Probably drawn by the Spanish Royal School of Navigation in Cadiz, Spain, ca.1740.Portolan, chart drawn on vellum with black ink; has grid markings on north, west, & south. Margins hand colored red, green, black in 12 parts, Spanish plave names.The delineation of the shoreline for Central and South America coasts seems fairly reasonable for its time. The Caribbean Islands are...
Dates:
ca. 1740
Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan, 1663
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.74
Descriptive Title
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Atlas Maion (Blau Atlas), Volume XII
Label Text
With detailed engravings, vibrant colors applied by hand, and pages edged with gilding and embossed with geometric designs, the Atlas Maior was the most expensive book for sale in Europe in the mid-1600s. This multivolume set contained maps of regions from around the globe, reflecting Europe's growing interest in seeking information about-and control of-the wider world.
Dates:
1663