Title: Map of the Prata River

Description

• This 18th-century Portuguese map shows the Rio da Prata, located in present-day Argentina and Uruguay. Who made the map, and for what purpose, is unknown.

Language

• Portuguese

Title in Original Language

• Mapa do estuário do Prata

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Argentina
• Latin America and the Caribbean > Uruguay

Time

• 1700 CE - 1799 CE

Topic

• History & geography > Geography & travel > Atlases, maps, charts & plans

Additional Subjects

• Brazil -- History -- Colonial Period, 1500-1822;
• Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)

Type of Item

• Maps

Physical Description

• 1 manuscript map ; 46 x 74 centimeters

Institution

• National Library of Brazil

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/brrjbn.946