Chile / drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert ; Neele sculpt. 352 Strand ; published by Bradford & Inskeep, Philadelphia, Inskeep & Bradford, New York and Moses Thomas, Philadelphia ; printed by H. Charles; Pinkerton's modern atlas
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1816
- Description
Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset map. "Pinkerton's modern atlas" -- across the top margin.
This hand-colored map of 1816 shows most of Chile, from its northern border to approximately 44° South. Relief is shown by hachures. An inset map depicts Isola de Tierra, the easternmost of the Juan Fernández Islands, the archipelago in the Pacific Ocean that appears at the far western edge of the map. The map has two distance scales, Spanish geographical miles and British statute miles. Yellow is used to highlight the borders of the Viceroyalty of La Plata, an administrative unit of the Spanish Empire established in 1776 out of territories previously part of the Viceroyalty of Peru (comprising all or parts of present-day Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia). The map was included in Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas, which was published in London between 1808 and 1815 and in a special American edition in 1818. John Pinkerton (1758-1826) was a Scottish scholar and author who wrote books on Scottish history and poetry, numismatics, and other topics. In 1808–14 he published the 17-volume A G
Color
1:3,000,000
- Creator
Hebert, L.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- American Geographical Society Library - Maps
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection - Publisher
- Bradford & Inskeep; Moses Thomas; Inskeep & Bradford
- Subjects
- Chile--Maps
- Location
- South America;
Chile; - Type
- image
- Language
- English
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Hebert, L.. Chile / drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert ; Neele sculpt. 352 Strand ; published by Bradford & Inskeep, Philadelphia, Inskeep & Bradford, New York and Moses Thomas, Philadelphia ; printed by H. Charles; Pinkerton's modern atlas. 1816. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1014. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Hebert, L., (1816) Chile / drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert ; Neele sculpt. 352 Strand ; published by Bradford & Inskeep, Philadelphia, Inskeep & Bradford, New York and Moses Thomas, Philadelphia ; printed by H. Charles; Pinkerton's modern atlas. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1014
- MLA citation style
- Hebert, L.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1014>.