COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Mercator, Gerardus
Date:
1538
Short Title:
Facsimile: World by Mercator.
Publisher:
United States of America
Publisher Location:
Washington D.C.
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
35
Obj Width cm:
42
Reference:
P2776.
Country:
Guyana
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
Orinoco-Essequibo Region
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
(Facsimile) Mercator - 1538. 16. S Doc 91 55 2. Historical Map Showing European Occupation in the Year 1597 - 1803. Gerardus Mercator 1538. Double Cordiform Map of the World by Gerard Mercator, 1538. Reproduced from Copy (in Nordenskjold's Facsimile Atlas, Stockholm, 1889, Pl. XLIII,) in Library of U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, D.C.)(A General View with Dates of Occupation and Abandonment). Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, MD.
List No:
1122.021
Page No:
16
Series No:
21
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:
1122021
Authors:
Mercator, Gerardus
