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1754 Gabriel Ramirez Map of North America and South America

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Las colonias Europeas en America. - Main View
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1754 Gabriel Ramirez Map of North America and South America

Americas-ramirez-1754


Title


Las colonias Europeas en America.
  1754 (undated)     5.5 x 3 in (13.97 x 7.62 cm)     1 : 150000000

Description


This is a scarce 1754 map of North America and South America by Gabriel Ramirez. The map covers all of North and South America during colonial times. The map names several colonial territories and cities, with limited inland detail, especially in the American northwest. Major rivers are also noted. This map was originally prepared in French by Abbot M. Pluche and translated into Castilian Spanish. Engraved by Jose Andrade for publication in Volume VII, Part 4 of D. Gabriel Ramirez's Espectaculo de la Naturaleza, O Conversaciones a Cerca de Las Particularidades de la Historia Natural.

Source


Ramirez, G., Espectaculo de la Naturaleza, O Conversaciones a Cerca de Las Particularidades de la Historia Natural, Volume 7, Part 2, 1754.    

Condition


Very good. Original platemarks visible. Blank on verso.