File:Colombia Prima OR SOUTH AMERICA, In which it has been attempted to delineate the Extent of our Knowledge of that Continent - L. Delarochette, 1807 - BL Maps K.Top.124.14.2 TAB.END (BLL01018640974).jpg

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English: Colombia Prima OR SOUTH AMERICA, In which it has been attempted to delineate the Extent of our Knowledge of that Continent. : Extracted Chiefly FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAPS OF His Excellency the late Chevalier Pinto; Likewise from those of João Joaquim da Rocha, João da Costa Ferreira; El Padre Francisco Manuel Sobreviela &c. AND FROM MOST AUTHENTIC EDITED ACCOUNTS OF THOSE COUNTRIES . / Digested & Constructed BY LOUIS STANISLAS DARCY DE LA ROCHETTE.
Description
English: Published on eight sheets.
Includes 1777 demarcation line of the Treaty of San Ildefonso, settling territorial disputes between Spain and Portugal. Includes a key to the colours on the map: orange for Spanish dominions, red for Portuguese, yellow for Dutch and blue for French. Includes an advertisement by W. Faden, referencing the sources of the map. Includes an engraving note: "Cooper feript. et sculpt." Includes cities, towns, missions, parishes, rivers, swamps and mountains. Includes notes regarding indigenous population. Relief shown by hachuring and with soundings.
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Part of King George III's Topographical Collection. Donated to the nation by George IV.
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Creator
Cartographer:
Louis Stanislas d'Arcy de La Rochette  (1731–1802)  wikidata:Q55836275
 
Alternative names
Louis Stanislas Delarochette
Description French scientific illustrator, cartographer, engraver and copper engraver
Date of birth/death 1731 Edit this at Wikidata 1802 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q55836275
Contributor
Engraver:
Henry Cooper  (fl. 1804–1819)  wikidata:Q56651373
 
Description map engraver
Work period 1804 Edit this at Wikidata–1819 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q56651373
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 Geotemporal data
Map location South America
Scale 1:3,200,000
OpenStreetMap zoom level 3
Bounding box
N: 12.733333°N
W: 83.2°W E: 34.566667°W
S: 55.983333°S
Georeferencing Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
 Bibliographic data
Language English
Place of publication London : Published by Wiliam Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
Publisher
William Faden  (1749–1836)  wikidata:Q8008902
 
Alternative names
Faden & Jefferys
Description British cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1750
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
21 March 1836 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Shepperton
Work location
From 1771: "Geographer to the King and to the Prince of Wales"
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q8008902
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
Dimensions height: 239 cm (94 in); width: 164 cm (64.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,239U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,164U174728
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