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Title: Plan of the bay and harbour of Rio-Janeiro on the coast of Brazil

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1794

Publishers

  • London : Published ... by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, 12th. May 1794.

Summary

Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. Insets: Appearance of the land about the entrance of Rio Janeiro / by Jo. Watson, on board the Royal Captain, August 1761 -- Appearance of the land near the entrance of Rio Janeiro, Gavea bearing west, 6 or 7 leagues distant, taken on board the Pitt, in 1763. Shows tracks of the Royal Bishop and the Pitt; text includes "Directions for sailing into Rio-Janeiro, by Io. Watson"; "Directions for Rio-Janeiro from the Pitt's journal in 1763"; Mr. Sampson Hall's observations in 1783."

Subjects

  • Brazil
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • Maps—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—1794
  • Nautical charts—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—1794
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-43.295866, -42.937609, -22.646095, -23.091811)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-43.295866, -42.937609, -22.646095, -23.091811)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780. Plan of the bay and harbour of Rio-Janeiro on the coast of Brazil. London : Published ... by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, 12th. May 1794.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-kd17cv99j

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng