COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Date:
1840
Short Title:
(Cuadros de alturas, superficie, poblacion, rios, y montanas)
Publisher:
Agostino Codazzi
Publisher:
Thierry Freres.
Publisher Location:
Caracas
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Statistical Diagram
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
58
Scale 1:
Various
Note:
One sheet of lithographed charts, views and maps. Includes "Prospectiva ideal de la Cordillera ...," "Tabla comparativa del curso de los principales rios de Venezuela ...," and "Tabla comparativa de la extension de cada provincia en leguas cuadradas ... con la poblacion absoluta y relativa de las mismas."
Country:
Venezuela
Subject:
Statistical
Subject:
Mountains; Rivers
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
(Un cuadro de alturas que comprende las de las cordilleras de Merida, de la costa de Caracas, Coro, Cumana y Margarita, y ultimamente las del sistema de la Parima. Otro cuadro comparativo de la superficie y poblacion de cada provincia. Otro de los principales rios que banan el territorio venezolano, ora procedentes de sus sistemas de montanas, ora de los Andes granadinos, o de la serrania de la Parima) Lith. de Thierry, freres, Paris. (Caracas 1840)
List No:
5226.019
Page No:
(no. 19)
Series No:
23
Publication Author:
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Pub Date:
1840
Pub Title:
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.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 2775. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 962. Catalogue of maps of Hispanic America, v. 3, p. 29.
Pub 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.
Pub List No:
5226.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
18
Pub Height cm:
53
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
5226019
Authors:
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
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(Cuadros de alturas, superficie, poblacion, rios, y montanas)
