Author
MacKenzie, Alexander
Full Title
(Covers to) Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, To The Frozen And Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of The Fur Trade of that Country. Illustrated with Maps. By Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Strand; Cobbett and Morgan, Pall-Mall; and W. Creech, at Edinburgh. By R. Noble, Old-Bailey. M.DCCC.I.
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0449.001
Author
MacKenzie, Alexander
Full Title
Alexander MacKenzie Esq.
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0449.002
Author
MacKenzie, Alexander
Full Title
(Title page to) Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, To The Frozen And Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of The Fur Trade of that Country. Illustrated with Maps. By Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Strand; Cobbett and Morgan, Pall-Mall; and W. Creech, at Edinburgh. By R. Noble, Old-Bailey. M.DCCC.I.
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0449.003
MacKenzie, Alexander; Arrowsmith, Aaron A Map of America, between Latitudes 40 a... 1801 0449.004 Related Author
[MacKenzie, Alexander, Arrowsmith, Aaron]
Full Title
A Map of America, between Latitudes 40 and 70 North, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West. Exhibiting Mackenzie's Track From Montreal to Fort Chipewyan & from thence to the North Sea. In 1789, & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793.
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0449.004
Note
Engraved by Aaron Arrowsmith and reduced from his A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America. Cf. Mackenzie, A. Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence ... London, 1801, p. vii at beginning Relief shown by hachures Details Alexander Mackenzie's overland routes across Canada, including the 1789 Mackenzie River expedition to the Arctic Ocean and the 1792-1793 Peace River expedition to the Pacific Ocean Identifies Indian tribal regions State 1. Cf. Stuart-Stubbs
Author
MacKenzie, Alexander
Full Title
A Map of Mackenzie's Track, from Fort Chipewyan to the North Sea, in 1789
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0449.005
Author
MacKenzie, Alexander
Full Title
A Map of Mackenzie's Track, from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean in 1793.
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0449.006
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625... Covers: [Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt ... 1622 14476.001 Related Author
[Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625, Ordóñez de Ceballos, Pedro, approximately 1545-approximately 1630, Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616]
Full Title
(Covers to) [Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien. t'Amsterdam, by Michiel Colijn, Boeck-vercooper op't water by de oude brugh, in't huys-boeck. Anno 1622.]
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14476.001
Note
Covers to Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien. Bound in vellum-covered board.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Title: Descriptio Indiæ Occidentalis per... 1622 14476.005 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
(Title Page to) Descriptio Indiæ Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellæ historiographum.
List No
14476.005
Note
Title page to Descriptio Indiæ Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellæ historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien. Title translates to: A description of the West Indies by Antonius de Herrera, the royal historian of the Indies and Castile. Includes an engraved map of the Western Hemisphere, which features the earliest known published image California as an island, a cartographic myth that persisted until the 18th century. Decorated with engraved Castilian coat of arms, and eight vignettes showing Aztec gods and scenes of Nova Hispania [Mexico], including a temple.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentalis. 1622 14476.006 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentalis.
List No
14476.006
Note
Map of the Western Hemisphere, featuring the West Indies. Shows countries, cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal lines and longitudinal lines, as well as a descriptive note. Black and white engraving. Map is 23 x 32 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien. (Plate number inferred.)
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripçion de las Indias del Norte. 1622 14476.007 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripçion de las Indias del Norte.
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14476.007
Note
Map of the West Indies. Shows countries, audiencias (royal courts in Spanish colonial America), bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Includes latitudinal lines and longitudinal lines, as well as descriptive notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Description del destricto del audiencia ... 1622 14476.008 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Description del destricto del audiencia de la Española.
List No
14476.008
Note
Map of Hispaniola. Shows countries, regions, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, shoals and islands. Includes latitudinal lines and longitudinal lines. Indexed to indicate city names. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripçion del destricto del audiencia ... 1622 14476.009 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripçion del destricto del audiencia de Nueva Espana.
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14476.009
Note
Map of Nueva Espana [New Spain] (current-day southern Mexico). Shows regions, cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes a descriptive note. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion del destricto del audiencia ... 1622 14476.010 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion del destricto del audiencia de la Nueva Galicia.
List No
14476.010
Note
Map of Nueva Galicia [New Galicia] (current-day southern Mexico). Shows regions, cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes a descriptive note. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion del audiencia de Guatimala. 1622 14476.011 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion del audiencia de Guatimala.
List No
14476.011
Note
Map of Guatemala. Shows countries, regions, cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, shoals and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion de las Indias de Mediodia. 1622 14476.012 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion de las Indias de Mediodia.
List No
14476.012
Note
Map of South America. Shows countries, regions, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, shoals and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion del audiencia de Panama. 1622 14476.013 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion del audiencia de Panama.
List No
14476.013
Note
Map of Panama. Shows regions, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Includes descriptive notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion del audiencia del Nuevo Rein... 1622 14476.014 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion del audiencia del Nuevo Reino.
List No
14476.014
Note
Map of Nuevo Reino ["New Kingdom"] (current-day northwestern Venezuela). Shows regions, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastline and islands. Includes descriptive notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion del audiencia del Quito. 1622 14476.015 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion del audiencia del Quito.
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14476.015
Note
Map of Quito and vicinity, Ecuador. Shows regions, topography, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastline and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion del destrieto del audiencia ... 1622 14476.016 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion del destrieto del audiencia de Lima.
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14476.016
Note
Map of Lima and vicinity, Peru. Shows regions, cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastline and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion del audiencia de los Charcas... 1622 14476.017 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion del audiencia de los Charcas.
List No
14476.017
Note
Map of Charcas (current-day Bolivia). Shows regions, cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastline and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 Descripcion de la Provincia de Chile. 1622 14476.018 Related Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion de la Provincia de Chile.
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14476.018
Note
Map of Chile. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastline and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Full Title
Descripcion de las del Poniente.
List No
14476.019
Note
Map of areas including the East Indies, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Shows countries, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Indexed to indicate city names. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 29 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera regium Indiarum et Castellae historiographum, the first part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Ordóñez de Ceballos, Pedro, approximatel... Title: Eyghentlijcke Beschryvinghe van W... 1621 14476.020 Related Author
Ordóñez de Ceballos, Pedro, approximately 1545-approximately 1630
Full Title
(Title Page to) Eyghentlijcke Beschryvinghe van West-Indien : Hoe die Landen en Provientien Gheleghen zijn, op wat maniere datmen die door reysen sal : Ende wat Buckdommen van gout en silver elcke plaetse begrupt : Ghedaen. Van Pedro Ordonnez, de Cevallos, priester. Die de Landen met groote neersticheyt doorreylt en besichticht heeft. Tot Amsterdam, by Michiel Colijn, Boeck-vercooper op't water, in't huys-boeck. Anno 1621.
List No
14476.020
Note
Title page to Eyghentlijcke Beschryvinghe van West-Indien, the second part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien. Title translates to: Description of the West Indies. Includes a woodcut vignette of a landscape with an animal.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
(Title Page to) Spieghel der Australische navigatie, door dey wijt bermaerden ende cloeckmoedighen Zee-heldt / Jacob Maire, President ende Overste over de twee Schepen ... 14 Juni 1615. t'Amsterdam, by Michiel Colijn, Boeck-vercooper op't water, by de Dude Brugh, in't huys-boeck. Anno 1622.
List No
14476.021
Note
Title page to Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien. Title translates (loosely) to: Southern navigation. Includes an engraved map of the world, featuring California as an island.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
[Jacobus Lemarius].
List No
14476.022
Note
Portrait of author Jacques Le Marie (1585-1616) on verso of title page to Spieghel der Australische navigatie ..., the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien. In the scene, Le Marie holds a map of "Zuider Zee" [Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee] (current-day IJssel Lake), a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
[Patagones]. 1615 Decēb. Numero 1.
List No
14476.023
Note
View from Le Maire's travels in "Terra Australis" [Latin for "Southern Land"], featuring Puerto Deseado - "Port Desire" - in current-day Argentina. In December 1615, the expedition stopped in Port Desire for repairs. View shows topography, drainage, figures, fauna and flora. Relief shown figuratively. Includes a compass rose, with north oriented toward bottom of sheet. Indexed to indicate what appears within the view - such as ports, islands and sea lions - with key beneath. Black and white engraving. View is 20 x 17 cm, on sheet 29 x 19 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
[Tierra del Fuogo].
List No
14476.024
Note
Map of Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago at South America’s southernmost tip, shared by current-day Chile and Argentina. Shows regions, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Features voyages routes. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal lines and a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. With descriptive notes in cartouche. Black and white engraving. Map is 20 x 28 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
1616 Majus. Numero 2.
List No
14476.025
Note
View from Le Maire's travels in "Terra Australis" [Latin for "Southern Land"], featuring ships at sea. Shows figures sailing the ships and the surrounding water. Includes a compass rose, with north oriented toward bottom of sheet. Indexed to indicate parts of the main ship in the foreground. Black and white engraving. View is 20 x 17 cm, on sheet 29 x 19 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
Cocos Eijlandt = Isle de Cocos. 1616 Majus. Numero 3.
List No
14476.026
Note
View from Le Maire's travels in "Terra Australis" [Latin for "Southern Land"], featuring ships in the harbor of The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a remote area near current-day Australia in the Indian Ocean. Shows topography, vegetation, coastline, figures sailing the ships and the surrounding water. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed to indicate what appears within the view. Black and white engraving. View is 20 x 17 cm, on sheet 29 x 19 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
1616 Majus. Numero 4.
List No
14476.027
Note
View from Le Maire's travels in "Terra Australis" [Latin for "Southern Land"], featuring a village of indigenous people. Shows topography, vegetation, coastline and figures on the beach. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed to indicate what appears within the view - such as coconut trees - with key beneath. Black and white engraving. View is 20 x 17 cm, on sheet 29 x 19 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
Hoornse Eijlandt = Isle de Hoorn. Door Jacob le Maire. 1616 Majus. Numero 5.
List No
14476.028
Note
View from Le Maire's travels in "Terra Australis" [Latin for "Southern Land"], featuring current-day Unity Bay and coast of Hoorn Island [Futuna] in the South Sea. Shows topography, vegetation, drainage, coastline and figures on the beach and in ships. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed to indicate what appears within the view. Black and white engraving. View is 20 x 17 cm, on sheet 29 x 19 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
[Pacific Ocean].
List No
14476.029
Note
Map of the Pacific Ocean, including the west coast of South America. Shows cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Features voyages routes. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as compass roses with north oriented toward top of sheet. With descriptive notes in cartouche. Black and white engraving. Map is 22 x 53 cm, on fold-out sheet 29 x 56 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
Le Maire, Jacques, 1585-1616
Full Title
Nova Guinea.
List No
14476.030
Note
Map of Papua New Guinea. Shows cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Features voyages routes. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as compass roses with north oriented toward top of sheet. With descriptive notes in cartouche. Black and white engraving. Map is 20 x 28 cm, on double sheet 29 x 36 cm. Appears in Spieghel der Australische navigatie, the third part of Nieuwe werelt anders ghenaempt West-Indien.
Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
(Covers to) Voyages a l’équateur.
List No
14377.001
Note
Covers to Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur. Bound in contemporary French speckled calf. Spine has raised bands and gilt floral ornamentation, as well as leather label with gilt title.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Covers: Voyages a l’équateur. (Verso) 1751 14377.002 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
(Covers to) Voyages a l’équateur. (Verso)
List No
14377.002
Note
Verso of front cover to Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur. Marbled end papers. With three later bookplates: Pierre Amalric -- Ex Libris Étienne Cluzel -- Steve Fossett Collection of Adventure & Exploration.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Carte de la province de Quito au Perou .... 1751 14377.003 Related Author
[La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774, Maldonado, Pedro]
Full Title
Carte de la province de Quito au Perou dressée sur les observations astronomiques, mesures géographiques, journaux de route et mémoires de Mr. de la Condamine, et fur ceux de Don Pedro Maldonado. Par Mr. d'Anville de l'Acad. Imperiale de Petersbourg. 1751.
List No
14377.003
Note
Map of Quito in Peru, based upon the astronomical observations, geographical measurements, travel journals and memoirs of Mr. de la Condamine and Don Pedro Maldonado. Shows routes, topography, volcanos, vegetation, drainage, coastline, islands and shoals. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as explanatory notes and eight bar scales. Map indexed to indicate place names. With decorative cartouches. Black and white engraving. Map is 59 x 34 cm, on fold-out sheet 62 x 38 cm.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Title: Journal du voyage fait par ordre ... 1751 14377.004 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
(Title Page to) Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur, servant d’introduction historique à la mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien. Par M. de la Condamine. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale. M. DCCLI.
List No
14377.004
Note
Title page to Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur. Title translates to: Diary of the voyage made by order of the king, to the equator. "I, demens, & sævas curre per Alpes. Juven. Sat. X." [= I, mad and cruel, run through the Alps ... ]
Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
(Text Page to) Préface.
List No
14377.005
Note
Preface to Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur. Text begins: Nous partîmes de France, M. Godin, M. Bouguer & moi, en 1735, envoyés par ordre du Roi dans l'Amérique espagnole, & chargés par l'Académie de faire aux environs de l'Équateur, des observations de civers genres, & sur-tout celles qu'on jugeoit les plus propres à déterminer la Figure de la Terre. [= We left France, M. Godin, M. Bouguer and I, in 1735, sent by order of the King to Spanish America, and instructed by the Academy to make observations of various kinds around the Equator, and above all those that were judged most suitable for determining the figure of the Earth.] Spans pages i-xxviii.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Carte des routes de Mr. de la Condamine ... 1751 14377.006 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
Carte des routes de Mr. de la Condamine tant par Mer que par Terre dans le cours du Voyage à l'Equateur : Par le Sr. d'Anville. Gravé par G. Delahaye.
List No
14377.006
Note
Map of the Atlantic Ocean showing Condamine's routes both by sea and land during the Voyage to the Equator. Shows routes, topography, drainage, coastlines, islands and shoals. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as explanatory notes. Black and white engraving. Map is 17 x 20 cm, on fold-out sheet 25 x 40 cm. With handwritten annotations in pencil at bottom margin. Appears in first part of volume.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Text: Introduction historique : Ou journ... 1751 14377.007 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
(Text Page to) Introduction historique : Ou journal des travaux des académiciens enoyés par ordre du Roi sous l'Équateur : Depruis 1735 jusqu'en 1745.
List No
14377.007
Note
Historical introduction to Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur. Title translates to : Historical introduction : Or diary of the works of the academics sent by order of the King under the Equator: From 1735 until 1745. Spans pages 1-2.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Vue de la Base mesurée dans la plaine d'... 1751 14377.008 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
Vue de la Base mesurée dans la plaine d'Yarouqui, depuis Carabourou jusqu' à Oyambaro, sous un arc qui comprend 180 degrez de l'horison, dessinée haut de la chute d'eau du moulin à foulon d'Yarouqui.
List No
14377.008
Note
View of the Yarouqui Plain, from Carabourou to Oyambaro. Shows topography, vegetation and buildings. Relief shown pictorially. Includes explanatory notes. Indexed to indicate place names, including mountain peaks. Black and white engraving. View is 11 x 43 cm, on fold-out sheet 26 x 47 cm. Appears in first part of volume.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Plan de Quito, capitale de la province d... 1741 14377.009 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
Plan de Quito, capitale de la province de même nom dans le royaume de Pérou ... au pas leve en 1741 par Mr. de Morainville Ingr. du Roy.
List No
14377.009
Note
Map of Quito. Shows buildings, roads, topography, vegetation and drainage. Relief shown with hachures. Includes explanatory notes. Indexed to indicate place names. With vignette featuring figures around a globe. Black and white engraving. Map is 21 x 26 cm, on fold-out sheet 26 x 40 cm. Appears in first part of volume.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Parisiensi Academiæ Matheseos Amplificat... 1742 14377.010 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
Parisiensi Academiæ Matheseos Amplificatrici, Physices Instauratrici ... R. B. Sc.
List No
14377.010
Note
View representing the Parisian Academy of Applied Mathematics. Shows architecture, roads, topography and vegetation. Features a seated woman surrounded by cherubs. Includes images of cartographic instruments, such as a globe. Relief shown with hachures. Black and white engraving. View is 21 x 16 cm, on sheet 26 x 19 cm. Appears in first part of volume.
Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
(Text page) Observationibus
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14377.011
Note
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La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Plan profil et elevation des deux pyrami... 1751 14377.012 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Full Title
Plan profil et elevation des deux pyramides. (1)
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14377.012
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Maps of two pyramids, as well as profile views. Shows architecture, including elevation of buildings. Includes a bar scale and explanatory notes. With decorative cartouche. Black and white engraving. Together, maps and views are 20 x 26 cm, on fold-out sheet 26 x 40 cm. Maps and views appear in first part of volume.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Section Title: Histoire des pyramides de... 1751 14377.013 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
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(Section Title Page to) Section Title: Histoire des pyramides de Quito, élevées par les académiciens envoyées sous l'Equateur par ordre du Roi. M. DCCLI.
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14377.013
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Section title page to the second part of Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur. Title translates to: History of the pyramids of Quito, by the academicis sent below the Equator by order of the King. "Etiam periêre ruinæ. Lucan." [= They even have lost their ruins.]
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Plan profil et elevation des deux pyrami... 1751 14377.014 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
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Plan profil et elevation des deux pyramides. (2)
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14377.014
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Maps of two pyramids, as well as profile views. Shows architecture, including elevation of buildings. Includes a bar scale and explanatory notes. With decorative cartouche. Black and white engraving. Together, maps and views are 20 x 30 cm, on fold-out sheet 26 x 40 cm. Maps and views appear in second part of volume.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Section Title: Mesure des trois premiers... 1751 14377.015 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
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(Section Title Page to) Section Title: Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien dans l'hémisphere austral, tirée des observations de Mrs. de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Envoyés par le Rois sous l'Équateur : Par M. de la Condamine. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale. M. DCCLI.
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14377.015
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Section title page to the third part of Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur. Title translates to: Measurement of the first three degrees of the meridian in the southern hemisphere, taken from the observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences, sent by the King, to the Equator, by M. de la Condamine. "Fuit alter descriptsit radio medium qui gentibus Orbem. Virgil." [= It was the other radio center that registered the nations of the world.]
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Profil de la Prémiere Base à Yarouqui pr... 1751 14377.016 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
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Profil de la Prémiere Base à Yarouqui près de Quito au Perou -- Profil de la Seconde Base à Tarqui près Cuenca au Perou.
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14377.016
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Two profile views of the first base at Yarouqui near Quito and the second base at Tarqui near Cuenca in Peru. Includes explanatory notes. With figures below illustrating geometry. Black and white engraving. Together, views are 21 x 35 cm, on fold-out sheet 26 x 40 cm. Views appear in third part of volume.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-177... Carte de la meridienne de Quito ... 1751 14377.017 Related Author
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
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Carte de la meridienne de Quito -- Coupe du Terrein de la Meridienne de Quito suivant sa Longueur : Profil de la Hauteur des Signaux qui ont servi aux Triangles, et des Montagnes les plus remarquables de la Cordeliere des Andes.
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14377.017
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Two profile views of the meridian of Quito, including certain peaks of the Andes. Shows topography. Relief shown pictorially. Includes explanatory notes. Figures in view above illustrate geometry. Black and white engraving. Together, views are 21 x 46 cm, on fold-out sheet 26 x 51 cm. Views appear in third part of volume.
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