Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: A Map of Part of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres.

Author: 
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Date: 
1806
Short Title: 
A Map of Part of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres.
Publisher: 
A. Arrowsmith
Publisher Location: 
London
Type: 
Separate Map
Obj Height cm: 
97
Obj Width cm: 
52
Scale 1: 
2,000,000
Note: 
"Rare map of Rio Plata and the northern regions, produced during the British Invasion of the Rio de la Plata. The invasion was an attempt by the British to open a new theatre against the Spanish and French alliance by attacking Spanish interests in South America. To this end, a force was sent to gain control of the River Plate by conquering the dominant city of Buenos Aires. On June 27, 1806, a British force of some 1,500 men under the command of Colonel William Carr Beresford occupied the city. They held control for about six weeks, before surrendering on the 14th August to a militia consisting of 550 veterans and 400 soldiers, led by Santiago de Liniers y Bremond, a French nobleman and mercenary in the service of Spain. A second, better-resourced, invasion followed in 1807, when a force of 10,000 men under the command of Lieutenant-General John Whitelock, attacked Buenos Aires on the 1st July. The British were, however, ill-prepared for urban combat and the locals eventually overwhelmed them. The Britsh had lost substantial numbers, and General Whitelock signed an armistice with de Liniers on the 12th August and left for home. These two resounding victories, which were achieved with little help from her colonial master Spain, have led many to site them as important mile stones along the road to Argentine Independence." (Lyon and Turnbull)
Reference: 
BLMC Maps 4.aa.32.
Country: 
Uruguay
Country: 
Argentina
Full Title: 
A Map of Part of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres 1806. London, Published by A. Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square, 26th November, 1806.
List No: 
6909.001
Publication Author: 
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Pub Date: 
1806
Pub Title: 
A Map of Part of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres 1806. London, Published by A. Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square, 26th November, 1806.
Pub Note: 
Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) was the finest cartographer of his generation. Although he received little formal education it is believed that he was taught some mathematical instruction by William Emerson, an author of several books on the application of mathematics to the area of cartography. Around 1770, Arrowsmith moved to London to seek employment. It is believed that he worked for William Faden before joining John Cary Sr. in the early 1780s. There he provided the measurements for John Cary's early publication detailing the roads from London to Falmouth, his first signed work. Arrowsmith set up on his own n 1790 and over the next thirty years produced some of the most beautiful and elegant maps of the era.
Pub List No: 
6909.000
Pub Type: 
Separate Map
Pub Height cm: 
97
Pub Width cm: 
52
Image No: 
6909001
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Authors: 
Arrowsmith, Aaron