COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Juan de la
Author:
Ricarte, Hippolytus
Date:
1775
Short Title:
(Sheet 4) Mapa Geografico De America Meridional.
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
56
Obj Width cm:
89
Scale 1:
4,335,200
Note:
Second edition - the first was proof. Lavishly and beautifully embellished map emphasizing Spanish colonial power in South America. Went through many editions with various political implications over a period of decades. Sheets 1 through 7 in this copy are all second edition (sheet 8 is first edition as in all copies printed). Like the JCB copies, sheets 2 and 5 have the ocean names added in manuscript. All paper in this copy is Dutch, sheet 5 is D & C Blau, all other sheets are Pieter Van der Ley (Smith found only one sheet in all copies he examined that had a Dutch water mark) .The only other copy of this second edition is in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. Outline color. Prime meridian of Tenerife is used, but others are also scaled in: of Madrid; Paris; London and Isla de Hierro (Portuguese). Two large inset maps: Puerto de Callao (Lima) and Sitio de Angostura (site of Angostura). Juan de la Cruz spent ten years collecting measurements made by explorers and colonists and incorporated in the map valuable geographical and historical news, with some references to the sources used. This is probably the most important map of South America made in the 18th century. When the eight sheets are joined together they make a huge and impressive wall map. Read Thomas Smith's…. Read Lina del Casti….
Reference:
Thomas Smith, "Cruz Cano's Map of South America, Madrid, 1775: Its Creation, Adversities and Rehabilitation," Imago Mundi, Vol. 20 (1966), pp. 49-78. Ristow, Walter, "The Juan de la Cruz map of South America, 1775" reprinted from: Festschrift: Clarence F. Jones, ed. By Merle C. Prunty, Jr.; Northwestern University Studies in Geography, no. 6, (1962).
World Area:
South America
Subject:
Boundaries
Full Title:
(Sheet 4) (Mapa Geografico De America Meridional).
List No:
6931.006
Page No:
4
Series No:
6
Publication Author:
Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Juan de la
Publication Author:
Ricarte, Hippolytus
Pub Date:
1775
Pub Title:
Mapa Geografico De America Meridional, Dispuesto Y Gravado Por D. Juan De La Cruz Cano Y Olmedilla, Geogfo. Pensdo. De S.M. Individuo de la Rl. Acadenia de Sn Fernando, y da la Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del Pais; teniendo presentes Varios Mapas y noticias origiinales con arreglo a Observaciones astronomicas, Ano de 1775.
Pub Reference:
Thomas Smith, "Cruz Cano's Map of South America, Madrid, 1775: Its Creation, Adversities and Rehabilitation," Imago Mundi, Vol. 20 (1966), pp. 49-78. Ristow, Walter, "The Juan de la Cruz map of South America, 1775" reprinted from: Festschrift: Clarence F. Jones, ed. By Merle C. Prunty, Jr.; Northwestern University Studies in Geography, no. 6, (1962).
Pub Note:
Second edition - the first was proof. Lavishly and beautifully embellished map emphasizing Spanish colonial power in South America. Went through many editions with various political implications over a period of decades. Sheets 1 through 7 in this copy are all second edition (sheet 8 is first edition as in all copies printed). Like the JCB copies, sheets 2 and 5 have the ocean names added in manuscript. All paper in this copy is Dutch, sheet 5 is D & C Blau, all other sheets are Pieter Van der Ley (Smith found only one sheet in all copies he examined that had a Dutch water mark) .The only other copy of this second edition is in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. Outline color. Prime meridian of Tenerife is used, but others are also scaled in: of Madrid; Paris; London and Isla de Hierro (Portuguese). Two large inset maps: Puerto de Callao (Lima) and Sitio de Angostura (site of Angostura). Juan de la Cruz spent ten years collecting measurements made by explorers and colonists and incorporated in the map valuable geographical and historical news, with some references to the sources used. This is probably the most important map of South America made in the 18th century. When the eight sheets are joined together they make a huge and impressive wall map. Read Thomas Smith's…. Read Lina del Casti….
Pub List No:
6931.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
8
Pub Height cm:
62
Pub Width cm:
49
Image No:
6931006
Authors:
Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Juan de la; Ricarte, Hippolytus
Link To Source
(Sheet 4) Mapa Geografico De America Meridional.
