Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: La Plata.
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Author:
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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
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Date:
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1812
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Short Title:
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La Plata.
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Publisher:
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Cadell and Davies
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Publisher:
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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Obj Height cm:
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72
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Obj Width cm:
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51
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Scale 1:
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4,100,000
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Note:
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Engraved map. Full hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Shows tribes, geographic notes, etc. Covers Paraguay and Uruguay and portions of Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Bolivia. "Pinkerton's modern atlas."
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Reference:
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P724; NMC 409; cf P-Maps, p. 121 (1818 Dobson ed.)
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World Area:
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South America
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Country:
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Argentina
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Country:
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Chile
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Full Title:
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La Plata. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352 Strand. London: published Jany. 25th. 1812 by Cadell & Davies, Strand & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row.
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List No:
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0732.051
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Page No:
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49
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Series No:
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54
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Engraver or Printer:
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Hebert, L.
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Engraver or Printer:
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Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824
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Publication Author:
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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
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Pub Date:
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1815
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Pub Title:
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A modern atlas, from the latest and best authorities, exhibiting the various divisions of the world, with its chief empires, kingdoms and states, in sixty maps, carefully reduced from the largest and most authentic sources. Directed and superintended by John Pinkerton, author of Modern geography, &c. London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street; for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, Paternoster Row. 1815.
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Pub Reference:
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P724; NMC 409.
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Pub Note:
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A superb copy. One of the best English Atlases of the period, similar to Thomson's General Atlas of 1817. See the Philadelphia edition of 1818. Maps are hand painted in full color and bound in new half leather beige cloth covered boards with "Pinkerton Atlas" stamped in gilt on a black spine label.
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Pub List No:
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0732.000
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Pub Type:
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World Atlas
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Pub Maps:
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61
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Pub Height cm:
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59
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Pub Width cm:
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48
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Image No:
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0732051
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Authors:
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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
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Collection:
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Rumsey Collection
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