COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Schomburgk, K.R.E.
Author:
Chalmers, Cathcart
Author:
Sawkins, James Gay
Author:
Brown, Charles B.
Date:
1875
Short Title:
Facsimile: Part of the Great Colonial Map by Schomburgk.
Publisher:
United States of America
Publisher Location:
Washington D.C.
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
35
Scale 1:
1,430,000
Note:
Boundaries tinted. Relief shown by hachures.
Reference:
P2776.
Country:
Guyana
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
Orinoco-Essequibo Region
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
(Facsimile) Schomburgk - Great Colonial Map - 1887. 49. S Doc 91 55 2. Northwestern Part of the "Great Colonial Map" Entitled: "Map of British Guiana ... from 1841 to 1844, and under the Direction of the Royal Geographical Society from 1835 to 1839. By Sir Robert H. Schomburgk. Revised ... by Cathcart Chalmers esq., Crown Surveyor of the Colony, and james Gay Sawkins Esq. Director of the Geological Survey of the West Indies and British Guiana. With Additions by Charles B. Brown Esq. ... Engraved under ... William Walker Esq. 1875". Reproduced from Copy in Possession of the Commission. Photo. Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, MD.
List No:
1122.054
Page No:
49
Series No:
54
Publication Author:
Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Commission
Pub Date:
1897
Pub Title:
Maps Of The Orinoco-Essequibo Region, South America. Compiled For The Commission Appointed By The President Of The United States "To Investigate And Report Upon The True Divisional Line Between The Republic Of Venezuela And British Guiana". Commissioners, David J. Brewer, President, Richard H. Alvey, Frederic R. Coudert, Andrew D. White, Daniel C. Gilman, Severo Mallet-Prevost, Secretary. Washington. February, 1897.
Pub Reference:
P2776.
Pub Note:
Reproductions of maps from 1534 to 1875. On cover: Venezuelan Boundary Commission Report. 1898. Atlas (vol. 4 indicated on half title). With printed color. The American resolution under the auspices of the Monroe Doctrine, and as illustrated by this atlas, of the dispute between Britain and Venezuela, largely followed the the route (favoring Britain) of the Schomburgk Line, the name given to a survey line made in 1835 by Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865). Venezuela periodically contests its validity.
Pub List No:
1122.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
76
Pub Height cm:
44
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
1122054
Authors:
Schomburgk, K.R.E.; Chalmers, Cathcart; Sawkins, James Gay; Brown, Charles B.
Link To Source
Facsimile: Part of the Great Colonial Map by Schomburgk.
