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Chart of the River la Plata, from its Mouth up to Buenos-Ayres. Surveyed by Order of the King of Spain in the Year 1789. Revised and corrected in 1794, by several Officers of the Royal Navy

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Title: Chart of the River la Plata, from its Mouth up to Buenos-Ayres. Surveyed by Order of the King of Spain in the Year 1789. Revised and corrected in 1794, by several Officers of the Royal Navy
Contributor: Faden, William, 1750?-1836, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1808
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Shows tracks and soundings of HMS Diomede and Leda for Second edition, and HMS Woolwich for Third Edition information. Vignettes: View of the coast between Point of la Sierra & that of la Ballena/ the Whale: view of the Island of Lobos/ Sea Wolf Island. Submaps: Plan of the Harbour of Maldanado, On the North Shore of River La Plata, at its mouth, Surveyed in 1789: Plan of the Harbour of Montivedeo, on the North Shore of the River La Plata, Surveyed in the Year 1789.. Prime meridian: GM, Cadiz. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 637 23.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map ; outline col. ; 567 x 86 cm., sheet 60 x 91 cm.
Identifier: 093:637 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/464
Time Period: 1808
Place: South America
Rio de la Plata
Uruguay
Montevideo
(W59°--W54°/ S34°--S37°).
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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