COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Date:
1840
Short Title:
(Provincias de Maracaibo, Coro y Merida)
Publisher:
Agostino Codazzi
Publisher Location:
Caracas
Publisher:
Thierry Freres.
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
62
Scale 1:
1,300,000
Note:
Three lithographed maps on sheet. Relief shown by hachures. Title in index: Carta que contiene las provincias de Coro, Maracaibo y Merida, divididas por cantones; obra del mismo. Prime meridian: Caracas.
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
Falcon (Venezuela)
Region:
Zulia (Venezuela)
Full Title:
(Provincia de Maracaibo. Provincia de Coro. Provincia de Merida). Lith. de Thierry, freres. (Caracas 1840)
List No:
5226.013
Page No:
(no. 13)
Series No:
17
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:
5226013
Authors:
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
