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United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures

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Plano de la entrada del Rio Grande situao. en 32 grados de latitud meridional y en 320 gs. 57 ms. de longitud segun el meridiano de Thenerife con sus canales y sondas segun oy. se concidera / nuebamente sacado ano de 1767, Franco. Gomez.

Gomez, Francisco.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1767]

NOTES
Shows southern portion of Patos Lagoon in the region of Rio Grande.

Depths shown by soundings.

Prime meridian: Tenerife.

Watermarks: IV; and, fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Mounted on cloth backing.

Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right margin: 5.A

LC Luso-Hispanic World, 179

Scale [ca. 1:67,000].

SUBJECTS
Patos Lagoon (Brazil)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--Brazil--Rio Grande Region (Rio Grande do Sul)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Brazil--Patos Lagoon.
Brazil--Rio Grande do Sul--Rio Grande Region.

RELATED TITLES
[Maggs purchase map collection ; 37]

MEDIUM
1 map : ms., col. ; 46 x 34 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G5622.P3 1767 .G6 Vault

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g5622p br000116 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5622p.br000116

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