COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Siraut - Destouches, A.
Date:
1779
Short Title:
Essequibo by Siraut - Destouches.
Publisher:
United States of America
Publisher Location:
Washington D.C.
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
69
Reference:
P2776.
Country:
Guyana
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
Orinoco-Essequibo Region
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
Siraut - Destouches - 1779. Schets - Kaart van de Coloni van Rio - Essequebo ... S Doc 91 55 2. 66. Map of the Essequibo Colony, in 1779; by A. Siraut - Destouches, Colonial Surveyor. Reproduced from Manuscript Copy Made in 1801 by Ivan van de Burght, Colonial Surveyor; Bought in 1896, in Holland, for the Commission. Photo. Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, MD.
List No:
1122.071
Page No:
66
Series No:
71
Publication Author:
Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Commission
Pub Date:
1897
Pub Title:
Maps Of The Orinoco-Essequibo Region, South America. Compiled For The Commission Appointed By The President Of The United States "To Investigate And Report Upon The True Divisional Line Between The Republic Of Venezuela And British Guiana". Commissioners, David J. Brewer, President, Richard H. Alvey, Frederic R. Coudert, Andrew D. White, Daniel C. Gilman, Severo Mallet-Prevost, Secretary. Washington. February, 1897.
Pub Reference:
P2776.
Pub Note:
Reproductions of maps from 1534 to 1875. On cover: Venezuelan Boundary Commission Report. 1898. Atlas (vol. 4 indicated on half title). With printed color. The American resolution under the auspices of the Monroe Doctrine, and as illustrated by this atlas, of the dispute between Britain and Venezuela, largely followed the the route (favoring Britain) of the Schomburgk Line, the name given to a survey line made in 1835 by Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865). Venezuela periodically contests its validity.
Pub List No:
1122.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
76
Pub Height cm:
44
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
1122071
Authors:
Siraut - Destouches, A.
Link To Source
Essequibo by Siraut - Destouches.
