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A New and Accurate Map of Paraguay, Rio de la Plata, Tucumania Guaria &c

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Title: A New and Accurate Map of Paraguay, Rio de la Plata, Tucumania Guaria &c
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1755
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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: Kashnor notes, "Shows a note on the Jesuit settlement in Paraguay, said to contain about 300,000 families." Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. RLIN record suggests a date of 1747. Cartouche: Indians and traders.. "Laid down from the latest Improvements, and Regulated by Astronomical Observations, by Eman Bowen." "No. 127 (lower left)" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 926.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; 36 x 43 cm., sheet 40 x 48 cm.
Identifier: 105:926 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1460
Language: English
Subject: South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: ca. 1760
Place: South America
Paraguay
Uruguay
Argentina
W 72°
W 35°/ S 11°
S 40°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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