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Map Map of the Whole of Guiana or the Savage Coast, and the Spanish West Indies at the Northern End of South America. Kart van geheel Guajana of de Wilden-Kust

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Title

  • Map of the Whole of Guiana or the Savage Coast, and the Spanish West Indies at the Northern End of South America.

Other Title

  • Kart van geheel Guajana of de Wilden-Kust

Summary

  • This 18th-century Dutch map, produced in Amsterdam by the publisher Isaak Tirion (circa 1705--circa 1769), shows the northern coast of South American and its offshore islands, including Curaçao, Bonaire, and neighboring islands; Trinidad and Tobago; and Grenada. Guiana is divided, from west to east, into Spanish, Dutch, and French sections, corresponding roughly to a part of present-day Venezuela and present-day Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. The territory to the south of Guiana, in present-day Brazil, is labeled as Portuguese. Three scales are given in the main map: French and English nautical miles; Spanish miles; and number of hours needed to cover certain distances. The inset maps provide detailed views of the island of Curaçao, the Dutch plantations along the Essequibo and Demerara Rivers, and the harbor and castle of Curaçao. In 1814 the Dutch ceded control of their colonies in Essequibo and Demerara to the British, who consolidated them into the colony of British Guiana, which became the independent state of Guyana in 1966.

Names

  • Tirion, Isaak, circa 1705-circa 1769 Creator.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam : [publisher not identified], [1720 to 1769]

Headings

  • -  France--French Guiana
  • -  Brazil
  • -  Colombia
  • -  Grenada
  • -  Guyana
  • -  Suriname
  • -  Trinidad and Tobago
  • -  Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • -  1720 to 1769
  • -  France--Colonies
  • -  Great Britain--Colonies
  • -  Netherlands--Colonies
  • -  Portugal--Colonies
  • -  West Indies

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: Columbus Memorial Library, Organization of American States.
  • -  Content in Dutch.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668503

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Tirion, Isaak, Circa Circa 1769 Creator. Map of the Whole of Guiana or the Savage Coast, and the Spanish West Indies at the Northern End of South America. [Amsterdam: Publisher Not Identified, to 1769, 1720] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668503/.

APA citation style:

Tirion, I. (1720) Map of the Whole of Guiana or the Savage Coast, and the Spanish West Indies at the Northern End of South America. [Amsterdam: Publisher Not Identified, to 1769] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668503/.

MLA citation style:

Tirion, Isaak, Circa Circa 1769 Creator. Map of the Whole of Guiana or the Savage Coast, and the Spanish West Indies at the Northern End of South America. [Amsterdam: Publisher Not Identified, to 1769, 1720] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668503/>.