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(Facsimile) Popple - 1733. 35. S Doc 9a 55 2. 'A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements Adjacent Thereto,' by Henry Popple, London, 1733. Reproduced from Original in Library of Congress. Photo.Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, MD.

Authors :
Popple, Henry
Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Commission
Publication Year :
1733
Publisher :
United States of America, 1733.

Abstract

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.<br />P2776.

Subjects

Subjects :
Boundaries
Historical

Details

Database :
LUNA Commons
Publication Type :
Map
Accession number :
edsluc.RUMSEY.8.1.203988.3001754
Document Type :
National Atlas<br />Atlas Map