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Map Map in Which the Rivers on Argentina, Parana and Paraguay are Described Most Exactly for the First Time, When a Beginning was Made by the New Colony as Far as the Mouth of the Jauru River. Mappa geographicum quo flumen Argenteum, Paraná et Paraguay exactissime nunc primum describuntur, facto initio a nova Colonia ad ostium usque fluminis Iauru

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Title

  • Map in Which the Rivers on Argentina, Parana and Paraguay are Described Most Exactly for the First Time, When a Beginning was Made by the New Colony as Far as the Mouth of the Jauru River.

Other Title

  • Mappa geographicum quo flumen Argenteum, Paraná et Paraguay exactissime nunc primum describuntur, facto initio a nova Colonia ad ostium usque fluminis Iauru

Summary

  • This atlas of colonial South America is by Miguel Antonio Ciera. A noted mathematician and professor of astronomy at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, Ciera was part of an expedition sent to demarcate the border between Spanish and Portuguese holdings in South America following signature of the 1750 Treaty of Madrid and the 1756 Guarani War. The atlas focuses on the southern part of the continent, in the watershed of the Paraná River, where the borders were most disputed. The territory in the atlas includes present-day Argentina and Paraguay, as well as part of southwestern Brazil. In addition to the maps, the atlas contains colorful pictures of local birds and scenes from nature.

Names

  • Ciera, Miguel Antonio, 18th century Cartographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1758.

Headings

  • -  Brazil
  • -  1758
  • -  Brazil, South
  • -  Manuscript maps
  • -  Paraguay River
  • -  Paraná River
  • -  Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)
  • -  Rivers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 atlas manuscript (35 folios), color drawing in ink; 37 x 28 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Latin and Portuguese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668365

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Chicago citation style:

Ciera, Miguel Antonio, 18Th Century Cartographer. Map in Which the Rivers on Argentina, Parana and Paraguay are Described Most Exactly for the First Time, When a Beginning was Made by the New Colony as Far as the Mouth of the Jauru River. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1758] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668365/.

APA citation style:

Ciera, M. A. (1758) Map in Which the Rivers on Argentina, Parana and Paraguay are Described Most Exactly for the First Time, When a Beginning was Made by the New Colony as Far as the Mouth of the Jauru River. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668365/.

MLA citation style:

Ciera, Miguel Antonio, 18Th Century Cartographer. Map in Which the Rivers on Argentina, Parana and Paraguay are Described Most Exactly for the First Time, When a Beginning was Made by the New Colony as Far as the Mouth of the Jauru River. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1758] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668365/>.