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Amerique Meridionale
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Amerique Meridionale

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guillaume Raynal’s 1780 map of South America. Highly detailed, showing towns, rivers, some topographical features, and political boundaries. Names a number of speculative inland features including the Laguna de Xarayes (almost dead center), presumed gateway to paradise, and Lake Parima (near Guyana), supposed suite of Manoa or El Dorado. Currents and Tradewinds are identified and mountain ranges, many of which are speculative, are drawn in profile. Drawn by R. Bonne for G. Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes.

Date
1780
Place
South America
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,657 × 2,500 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Amerique Meridionale" (1780). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1780_Raynal_and_Bonne_Map_of_South_America_-_Geographicus_-_AmeriqueMeridionale-bonne-1780.jpg

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