Image / A New and Accurate Map of Peru, and the country of the …

A New and Accurate Map of Peru, and the country of the Amazones

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: A New and Accurate Map of Peru, and the country of the Amazones
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
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, "Indicates Parima Lake and the famour city of El Dorado two degrees North of the Equator." Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. RLIN record suggests 1747 as publication data. Cartouche: Decorative shell.. "Drawn from the most authentick French Maps &c. and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman. Bowen." "No. 118 (lower left)" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 933.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; 35 x 43 cm., sheet 41 x 47 cm.
Identifier: 105:933 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1467
Language: English
Subject: South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Peru--Maps--Early works to 1800
Amazon River Region--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: ca. 1760
Place: South America
Peru
W 82°
W 46°/N 4°
S 26°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.