Mapa de las costas de Tierra-Firme. / Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859 / 1840

Mapa de las costas de Tierra-Firme. Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859, 1840

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Full Title: Mapa de las costas de Tierra-Firme, desde el Orinoco hasta Yucatan: de las islas Antillas y la mayor parte de las Lucayas con las derrotas que siguio Dn. Cristobal Colon en sus descubrimientos por estos mares y las derrotas de otros navigantes que reconocieron las costas de Venezuela. Lith. de Thierry Frs. a Paris. (Caracas 1840)

Author: Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859

Date: 1840

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Author: Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859

Date: 1840

Short Title: Mapa de las costas de Tierra-Firme.

Publisher: Caracas: Agostino Codazzi; Paris: Thierry Freres.

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 51

Object Width cm: 65

Scale 1: 5,300,000

Note: Lithographed map. Routes and names of Indian tribes hand col. Tribes color coded by language. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Caracas.

World Area: South America ; West Indies

Subject: Historical ; Indians

List No: 5226.003

Page No: (no. 3)

Series No: 7

Published In: Atlas fisico y politico de la Republica de Venezuela dedicado por su autor, el Coronel de Ingenieros Agustin Codazzi al Congreso Constituyente de 1830. Caracas 1840. Lith. de Thierry Fres. Cite Bergere 1 a Paris.

Publication Author: Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859

Publication Date: 1840

Publication Reference: Phillips, 2775. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 962. Catalogue of maps of Hispanic America, v. 3, p. 29.

Publication Note: This is the first national atlas of a South American country listed in Phillips. It is also an early example of the use of lithography in atlases, predating the first North American lithographed atlas (Mitchell) by six years. There are 30 full color detailed political and physical maps on 18 sheets. In addition to the maps, there is a beautiful lithographed title page and a striking mountains and rivers plate. Marbled boards with blue cloth spine, with 8 pages of text and index.

Publication List No: 5226.000

Publication Type: National Atlas

Publication Maps: 18

Publication Height cm: 53

Publication Width cm: 36

Image No: 5226003

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