Description

  • This pen-and-ink watercolor map shows the Itenez-Guaporé River Basin. The map shows the location of the fortress of Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Portugueses and the deployment of Spanish troops under command of Alonso Berdugo and Aymerich Tete. This river, now known in Brazil as the Guaporé, forms the border between the Brazilian provinces of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, before flowing north into Bolivia, where it is known as the Itenez.

Creator

Date Created

  • 1767 CE

Language

Title in Original Language

  • Plano da região do Rio Itenes ou Guaporé e seus afluentes

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Type of Item

Physical Description

  • 1 pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map ; 33 x 47.5 centimeters

Institution

External Resource