(Provincias de Margarita, Cumana, Barcelona, Guayana) Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859, 1840
View larger, zoomable image (turn off pop-up blocker) Full Title: (Isla y Provincia de Margarita. Provincia de Cumana. Provincia de Barcelona). Canton de Piacoa de la Provincia de Guayana. (Lith. de Thierry freres a Paris. Caracas 1840) Author: Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859 Date: 1840 This historical cartographic image is part of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com, a large collection of online antique, rare, old, and historical maps, atlases, globes, charts, and other cartographic items. Read more about the Collection. Or you can view the entire David Rumsey Map Collection in Insight. Full David Rumsey Map Collection Catalog Record: Author: Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859 Date: 1840 Short Title: (Provincias de Margarita, Cumana, Barcelona, Guayana) Publisher: Caracas: Agostino Codazzi; Paris: Thierry Freres. Type: Atlas Map Object Height cm: 51 Object Width cm: 65 Scale 1: 1,300,000 Note: Four lithographed maps on sheet. Relief shown by hachures. Title in index: Una carta que contiene las provincias de Barcelona, Cumana y Margarita, divididas por cantones, y ademas el de Piacoa de la provincia de Guayana; sacada como la anterior. Prime meridian: Caracas. Country: Venezuela ; Guyana Full Title: (Isla y Provincia de Margarita. Provincia de Cumana. Provincia de Barcelona). Canton de Piacoa de la Provincia de Guayana. (Lith. de Thierry freres a Paris. Caracas 1840) List No: 5226.012 Page No: (no. 12) Series No: 16 Published In: 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. Publication Author: Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859 Publication Date: 1840 Publication Reference: Phillips, 2775. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 962. Catalogue of maps of Hispanic America, v. 3, p. 29. Publication 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. Publication List No: 5226.000 Publication Type: National Atlas Publication Maps: 18 Publication Height cm: 53 Publication Width cm: 36 Image No: 5226012
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