COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Finaeus, Orontius
Date:
1566
Short Title:
Facsimile: World by Finaeus.
Publisher:
United States of America
Publisher Location:
Washington D.C.
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
35
Reference:
P2776.
Country:
Guyana
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
Orinoco-Essequibo Region
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
(Facsimile) Finaeus - 1566. 17. 53. Cordiform map of the world by Orontius Finaeus.Copper-print by Cimerlinus 1566. Reproduced from Facsimile of a Copper Print by J.P. Cimerlinus (in Nordenskjold's Facsimile Atlas, Stockholm, 1889, p. 89,) in Library of U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, MD.
List No:
1122.022
Page No:
17
Series No:
22
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:
1122022
Authors:
Finaeus, Orontius
