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Laurie's general chart of the coasts of Brasil, &c. from the River Para to Buenos Ayres with particular plans of the harbours

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Title:: Laurie's general chart of the coasts of Brasil, &c. from the River Para to Buenos Ayres with particular plans of the harbours
Surveyor:: Roussin, Albin-Reine, baron, 1781-1854
Surveyor:: Hewett, William Nathan Wrighte, Sir, 1834-1888
Surveyor:: King, Philip Parker, 1793-1856
Surveyor:: Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
Cartographer:: Purdy, John, 1773-1843
Cartographer:: Findlay, A. (Alexander), 1790-1870
Engraver:: Findlay, A. (Alexander), 1790-1870
Name on Item:: Constructed chiefly from the surveys of the Baron Roussin and Captain Wm. Hewett, adjusted by the later observations of Captain Phillip Parker King, Captain Robert Fitzroy, and other distinguished officers of the British Royal Navy ; Constructed and drawn by John Purdy and Alexr. Findlay, Junr. ; Engraved by Alexr. Findlay
Date:: 1861
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Genre:: Nautical charts
Location:: Atwood Museum of the Chatham Historical Society
Collection (local):: Nautical Chart Collection of the Atwood Museum, Chatham Historical Society
Subjects:: Coastlines
Places:: Uruguay > Montevideo > Montevideo
Brazil > São Paulo > Cananéia
Brazil > Paraná > Paranaguá
Uruguay > Maldonado > Maldonado
Brazil > São Paulo > Santos
Brazil > Alagoas > Maceió
Brazil > Bahia > Abrolhos, Arquipélago dos (archipelago)
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Frio, Cabo (cape)
Peru > Marañón, Río (river)
Brazil > Maranhão
Brazil > Volta Grande > Seara
Brazil > Ceará > Jaguaribe (river)
Brazil > Bahia > Janeiro, Rio de (river)
Uruguay > Soriano > San Salvador (river)
Brazil > Pernambuco > Recife
Extent:: 1 map ; 96 x 193 cm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138jp45w
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).

Publisher:: London : Richard H. Laurie
Scale:: Scale 1:2,391,304
Notes:: Title from item.
Inset map: Monte Video, surveyed in 1831.
Inset map: Rio Grande de S. Pedro.
Inset map: Cananea.
Inset map: Paranagua.
Inset map: Maldonado.
Inset map: Santos.
Inset map: Marambaya.
Inset map: Porto Maçayo.
Inset map: Pernambuco.
Inset map: Roadstead of Cape Sta. Maria, surveyed in 1831.
Inset map: St. Sebastian.
Inset map: Bahia do Espirito Santo.
Inset map: Abrolhos Channel.
Inset map: I. de Cape Frio.
Inset map: The approaches to Pernambuco.
Inset map: Anchorage of San Joao or St. John.
Inset map: Sketch of the Bank of Manoel Luis.
Inset map: Mouths of the Marañon.
Inset map: Rio Pará.
Inset map: The eastern entrances of Rio Para.
Inset map: Maranham, &c.
Inset map: Port of Maranham.
Inset map: Ciara or Seara.
Inset map: Entrance of the River Parahyba do Norte.
Inset map: The River Jaguarybe.
Inset map: The Rio Grande do Norte.
Inset map: Rio Janeiro, &c.
Inset map: Bahia or San Salvador.
Inset map: Sta. Catharina.
Inset map: Fernando Noronha.
Notes (date):: Date from item.
Identifier:: X.5500.089.001