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1952 Bemporat City Plan or Map of Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo-bemporat-1952$325.00
Title
Plano Bemporat de Montevideo.
1952 (undated) 28.5 x 43 in (72.39 x 109.22 cm) 1 : 20000
1952 (undated) 28.5 x 43 in (72.39 x 109.22 cm) 1 : 20000
Description
This is a beautiful large-format 1952 Oficina Cartográfica Bemporat folding city plan or map of Montevideo, Uruguay. Streets and avenues are labeled throughout, along with hospitals, schools, cemeteries, and parks. Beaches all along the coastline are identified. The Fortaleza General Artigas, the Frigorifico Uruguayo, and the Arsenal de Marina also are labeled. Six insets along the bottom border focus on the Casas Economicas, the Frigorifico Artigas, the Rambla Sud, Nuevo Paris, and Saint Bois - Toblada - Colon.
Publication History and Census
This map was created and published by the Oficina Cartográfica Bemporat in 1952. No examples of the 1952 edition are cataloged in OCLC, but editions from 1928 and 1939 appear in the database.Cartographer
Aquiles Bemporat (1869 - September 22, 1957) was an Argentine-Italian cartographer and map publisher based in Buenos Aires. He was born in Trieste, Italy and emigrated to Buenos Aires sometime in the late 1870-80s, when he was a child. His firm, Oficina Cartográfica Bemporat, was founded around 1910 and remained active until at least 1960. Bemporat himself is elusive, despite a significant publication corpus. His map c. 1915 map of Buenos Aires won a gold medal at the 1915 San Francisco Exposition Universal. A 1949 CIA analysis of his work suggested that most of the map compilation was done in house by Bemporat himself, then over 70, and printed locally by network of small independent printers. The CIA report ultimately dismissed his maps as 'insufficiently accurate for intelligence use.' Nonetheless, Bemporat's work was highly decorative and enjoyed a strong local and international following, particularly in Latin America and Europe. He was widely admired for his longevity and continued to publish until his death at age 88. More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Very good. Exhibits light wear along original fold lines. Attached to original binder.