COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Author:
Weyerman, Jacob Christoph
Date:
1744
Short Title:
America Meridionalis
Publisher:
Seutter, Matthaeus
Publisher Location:
Augsburg
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
20
Obj Width cm:
26
Scale 1:
9,000,000
Note:
Engraved detailed hand colored map of South America, with colored decorative cartouches, feature a mermaid, sailing ships and wildlife. Showing the continent too narrowly and the Salomon Islands too near to South America. The coastline is surrounded with place names. Routes of the early explorers are shown. Also Shows political and administrative divisions, cities and towns, rivers and mountains. Relief shown pictorially.
World Area:
South America
Full Title:
America Meridionalis : per sua regna, provincias et ins. Juxta observation: et descript recenttis : divisa et adornata : cura et opera. Matth. Seutt. S.C.M. Geogr. Aug. Vind. Cum Privileg: Sac. Rom:Imp. Vicariat. A.C. Seutter delin. Tob. Conr. Lotter, Sculps. (to accompany) Atlas minor praecipua orbis terrarum imperia.
List No:
8270.008
Series No:
10
Engraver or Printer:
Seutter, Albrecht Carl, 1722-1762
Engraver or Printer:
Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777
Publication Author:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Publication Author:
Weyerman, Jacob Christoph
Pub Date:
1744
Pub Title:
Atlas minor praecipua orbis terrarum imperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniae Potissimum, tabellis 50 exacte declineatis sistens usui militiae ducum ac peregrinantium maxime accomodatus opera Matthaei Seutteri, Sac. Caes. Maj. Geogr. Aug. Vind. Jacob Christoph Weyerman ... Cum Privileg: S.R.I. Vicariat. in part: Rheni, Franc: et Suev Juris. Martin Gottfried Crophius Sculps.
Pub Note:
Atlas minor: Special World empires, kingdoms and provinces, Germany, etc., with 59 copper plate outline and full color maps. World map bound upside down. Date of publication from: Tooley, R.V. Dict. of mapmakers. Drawn by Jacob Christoph Weyerman, engraved by Albrecht Seutter, Andrea Silbereisen, Tobias Lotter, Matthaeus Lainpacher and Martin Gottfried Crophius. Numbered manuscript index at the front written in French. Tucked into the atlas is a folded circular celestial map of the southern hemisphere. Includes a map of Genoa not listed in the index. Each map shows one or more cartouches with figures, animals etc. Bound in Bound in marble papered, half leather covers with no title on cover.
Pub List No:
8270.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
60
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
8270008.jp2
Authors:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756; Weyerman, Jacob Christoph
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America Meridionalis
