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Jean Janvier: L'Amerique Meridionale divisee en ses principaux Etats.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jean Janvier  (fl. 1746–1776)  wikidata:Q58129096
 
Alternative names
Robert Janvier; Le Sieur Janvier
Description French geographer and cartographer
Work period 1746 Edit this at Wikidata–1776 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q58129096
Title
L'Amerique Meridionale divisee en ses principaux Etats.
Description
English: A beautiful example of Jan Janvier's 1762 decorative map of South America. Covers from the island of Hispaniola and the Yucatan south to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, east to Africa, and west to Mexico. Details the whole of the South American continent showing mountains, rivers, national boundaries, cities, regions, and tribes. Identifies the mythical Laguna de Xarayes, supposed gateway to paradise or El Dorado, as the northern terminus of the Paraguay River. Also erroneously links the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers. A large decorative title cartouche appears in the lower left quadrant. Drawn by J. Janvier c. 1762 for issue as plate no. 33 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .
Date 1762 (dated)
Dimensions height: 12.5 in (31.7 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: SouthAmerica-janvier-1762
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Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, c. 1775.

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