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Title: Spherical chart comprehending the west coast of America, from the seventh degree of south latitidue to the ninth degree of north latitude : Surveyed by order of the king of Spain in 1791

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1805

Publishers

  • London : Republished ... by Wm. Faden, geographer to his majesty and to his royal highness the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, Feb. 1 1805.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Etched by H. Wilson." "Approved by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty." Includes five coastal profiles. Includes diagram for measuring a degree of the meridian near the Equator in 1736-1744.

Subjects

  • South America
  • Panama
  • Colombia
  • Peru
  • South America—Maps
  • Panama—Maps
  • Colombia—Maps
  • Peru—Maps
  • Maps—Colombia—1805
  • Maps—Panama—1805
  • Maps—Peru—1805
  • Nautical charts—Colombia—1805
  • Nautical charts—Panama—1805
  • Nautical charts—Peru—1805
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-86.01, -75.51, 9.26, -7.01)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-86.01, -75.51, 9.26, -7.01)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Spain. Direccion Hidrografica. Spherical chart comprehending the west coast of America, from the seventh degree of south latitidue to the ninth degree of north latitude : Surveyed by order of the king of Spain in 1791. London : Republished ... by Wm. Faden, geographer to his majesty and to his royal highness the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, Feb. 1 1805.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-pk02cd17p

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng