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(Facsimile) Bellin - 1763. S Doc 91 55 2. 52. Carte de la Guine. Map of Guiana by J.A. Bellin, Paris, 1763. Reproduced from Original (in his Description Geographique de la Guane. Paris, 1763, P. I,) in Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Photo. Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, MD.

Authors :
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Commission
Publication Year :
1763
Publisher :
United States of America, 1763.

Abstract

Relief shown by sketches.<br />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.8.1.204033.3001771
Document Type :
National Atlas<br />Atlas Map