Paraqvaria, vulgo Paragvay. Cum adjacentibus.

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Title: Paraqvaria, vulgo Paragvay. Cum adjacentibus.
Published / Created: 1671]
Publication Place: [London :
Publisher: John Ogilby,
Description: Another copy in Ogilby's America, call no. EDg. 671, in RBR.
Copper engraving, shows central South America, modern Uruguay, Paraguay, most of Bolivia, parts of Chile, Peru, Argentina, Brazil; settlements of various types, towns, cities; forests, mountains shown by pictorial hachuring.
Decorative title cartouche, natives, animals, ect. Secondary cartouche contains explanatory notes. Single vessel off the coast with a naval battle below it. Decorative features have been colored by hand recently. Wide margins show provenance. Copies from mountains usually trimmed.
From Ogilby, John, America, London, 1671. Originally published in Montanus, Arnoldus, Die Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1671.
Protoype map with same title in Blaeu, Jan, Le Gran Atlas, ou Cosmographie Blaviane, Amsterdam, 1663, vol. 12, ... L'Amérique.
Extent: 1 map ; 29 x 37 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:8,500,000].
Coordinates: 8500000 and a
Language: Latin

Access: Public
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