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Plan of the bay and harbour of Rio-Janeiro on the coast of Brazil
- Author(s):
- Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780
- Publisher:
- London : Published ... by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, 12th. May 1794.
- Access:
- Public
- Description:
- Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. Insets: Appearance of the land about the entrance of Rio Janeiro / by Jo. Watson, on board the Royal Captain, August 1761 -- Appearance of the land near the entrance of Rio Janeiro, Gavea bearing west, 6 or 7 leagues distant, taken on board the Pitt, in 1763. Shows tracks of the Royal Bishop and the Pitt; text includes "Directions for sailing into Rio-Janeiro, by Io. Watson"; "Directions for Rio-Janeiro from the Pitt's journal in 1763"; Mr. Sampson Hall's observations in 1783."
- Place(s):
- Brazil
- Subject(s):
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—Maps—Early works to 1800, Maps—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—1794, and Nautical charts—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—1794
- Call number:
- HMC01.6414
- Held by:
- Princeton: Historic Map Division, Special Collections, Firestone Library
- Rights Statement:
- No Known Copyright
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