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    Guyana. "Base 801766 (R00008) 7-91." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
    • Date: 1991-01-01
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    Guyana. "Base 801767 (R00008) 7-91." Relief shown by shading. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
    • Date: 1991-01-01
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    Guyana. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes location map with radial distances, comparative area map, and subject maps of "Economic activity," "Vegetation," "Population," and "Ethnic groups." In lower margin: 17A.
    • Contributor: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
    • Date: 1983-01-01
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    Guyana, or, the Kingdom of the Amazons.
    Guiana, siue, Amazonum Regio     This map of colonial Guiana (present-day Suriname) is the work of Jan Jansson (died 1664), a Dutch cartographer who married into the Hondius family of illustrious mapmakers. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) and his sons, Jodocus and Henricus, engraved maps of the Americas and Europe, and were instrumental in popularizing the work of Gerard Mercator, the developer of the Mercator Projection that allowed navigators to use…
    • Contributor: Jansson, Jan
    • Date: 1600-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Map of French Guyana and of the Island of Cayenne.
    Carte de la Guyane françoise et l'isle de Cayenne     This map of French Guyana and the island of Cayenne is by Jacques Bellin (1703-72), a prolific cartographer attached to the French Marine Office. It reflects the careful mapping of bays, seas, and harbors that characterized 18th-century French naval cartography. In addition to the detailed information about the coast, Bellin's map includes notes about the interior of this part of South America, much of…
    • Contributor: Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas
    • Date: 1763-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    New Map of the Wonderful, Large and Rich Land of Guiana.
    Nieuwe caerte van het wonderbaer ende goudrycke Landt Guiana     This hand-colored map of Guiana (present-day French Guyana, Suriname, and Guyana) is the work of Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), the patriarch of one of the most famous Dutch mapmaking families. The map includes annotations in Dutch about the indigenous peoples of northern South America, along with fantastic illustrations of South American animals. The Amazon and Orinoco rivers are both well depicted on the map.
    • Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
    • Date: 1598-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Sketch Map of British Guiana. Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804--65) was a British naturalist and surveyor known for his pioneering surveys of British Guiana (present-day Guyana). Born and educated in Germany, he traveled to the West Indies in 1830 where he completed a survey of one of the Virgin Islands that was published in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1835--39, under the direction of the Royal Geographical…
    • Contributor: Schomburgk, Robert H. (Robert Hermann), Sir
    • Date: 1840-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Atlas to accompany the case presented on the part of Her Britannic Majesty to the arbitral tribunal between Great Britain and the United States of Venezuela constituted under the provisions of a … On cover: Atlas British Guiana 1898. Compiled under the supervision of Major S. C. N. Grant, in the Intelligence division of the War office. Major-Gen. Sir John Ardagh, director of military intelligence. Consists chiefly of reproductions of maps (34 in number) pub. from 1599 to 1846. Arranged in chronological order, except those by Sir Robert Schomburgk, which are grouped together at the end. At…
    • Contributor: Great Britain - Schomburgk, Robert H. (Robert Hermann) - Ardagh, John Charles - Grant, Samuel Charles Norton - Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division
    • Date: 1898-01-01

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    Map of the Colony of Berbice Located in Batavian Guiana in America between the Colonies of Demerara and Suriname.
    Kaart van de Colonie de Berbice gelegen in Bats. Guiana in America tusschen de Colonien van Demerarie en van Surinamen     This detailed 1802 map, drawn by a Dutch military officer and issued by the distinguished Amsterdam cartographic publishing firm of Covens and Mortier, shows the Dutch colony of Berbice as it appeared at the beginning of the 19th century. Located along the Berbice River in present-day Guyana, Berbice was established in 1627 under the authority of the Dutch West India Company. The inset map…
    • Contributor: Baarsel, Cornelis Van - Bouchenroeder, Friedrich Von, Flourished 1795
    • Date: 1802-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    British Guiana. This map, prepared and printed in 1908 at the office of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, United Kingdom, provides a relatively detailed view of the geography of British Guiana (present-day Guyana), one of only two British colonies on the mainland of South and Central America (the other being British Honduras). A note indicates that the portion of the map north of 5° North latitude is…
    • Contributor: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey - Anderson, Charles Wilgress
    • Date: 1908-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Mapa oficial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela : resultado del referendo consultivo del 03 de diciembre de 2023 Shows relief of both Venezuela and Guyana. Relief shown by gradient tints and shading. Depth shown by bathymetry tints. At bottom left corner of legend: [logo of] Instituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolívar. At base of legend: Datum SIRGAS-REGVEN, elipsoid GRS 80, origen de latitud 0°00'00", origin de longitud -67°30'. System requirements: PDF reader.
    • Contributor: Instituto Geográfico De Venezuela Simón Bolívar
    • Date: 2023
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Plan des rivières de Berbiche, Demerary, Essequebe : pour servir à la défense générale faite par Mms. De Kersains (?). Shows various posts and forts along the rivers. Sheet sectioned into 15 panels to enable folding. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Date: 1782-01-01
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    Map of the Whole of Guiana or the Savage Coast, and the Spanish West Indies at the Northern End of South America.
    Kart van geheel Guajana of de Wilden-Kust     This 18th-century Dutch map, produced in Amsterdam by the publisher Isaak Tirion (circa 1705--circa 1769), shows the northern coast of South American and its offshore islands, including Curaçao, Bonaire, and neighboring islands; Trinidad and Tobago; and Grenada. Guiana is divided, from west to east, into Spanish, Dutch, and French sections, corresponding roughly to a part of present-day Venezuela and present-day Guyana, Suriname, and French…
    • Contributor: Tirion, Isaak, 1705 1769
    • Date: 1720-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    St. Mathew's Parish, being the east bank of Demerara River as far as settlements extend. Located in East Demerara-West Coast Berbice. Attributed to Rev. Duke? Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil. Watermark: J. Morbey & Co., 1832. Includes index and statistical data. Catalog: Antique maps and prints 2000, item no. 1822. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control no. 2000-68
    • Date: 1832-01-01
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    St. Michael's Parish, Berbice, 30 miles in extent. Located in East Demerara-West Coast Berbice. On verso: School returns, St. Michaels Parish, Berbice, half year ending 30th June 1837 with topographical sketch of the parish, &c. &c. Attributed to Rev. Duke? Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1834. Indexed. Catalog: Antique maps and prints 2000, item no. 1825. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control…
    • Date: 1837-01-01
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    Map of the Colonies of Suriname and Berbice.
    Landkaart van de Volkplantingen Suriname en Berbice     This 18th-century map shows the Dutch plantations in Suriname and Berbice. The map is oriented with the north at the bottom. The names ascribed to locations outside the neatly demarcated plantations suggest resistance to Dutch domination by local Indians, indentured servants, and slaves imported from Africa. They include several places marked "rebel villages," "village of runaways," and "village of rebel slaves." The inset map…
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    West India Islands and the Approaches to the Panama Canal.
    West India Islands, & the Approaches to the Panama Canal     This large folding map, issued by the London Geographical Institute during World War I, shows the islands of the Caribbean Sea and the approaches to the Panama Canal. The canal had opened to traffic in early 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the war. Protection of the canal against possible sabotage by Germany was a concern of U.S. military planners in World War I…
    • Contributor: London Geographical Institute
    • Date: 1915-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Map of the Branco or Parimé River and of the Caratirimani Uararicapará Majari, Tacutú and Mahú Rivers.
    Carta geografica do rio Branco ou Parimé, e dos rios Caratirimani Uararicapará Majari, Tacutú e Mahú que nelle confluem     This map shows the network of rivers and tributaries flowing through northern Brazil. The map focuses on the Rio Branco, one of the main tributaries to the Rio Negro, and several smaller tributaries, including the Caratirimani, Uararicapará, Majari, Tacutú, and Mahú rivers. The rivers flow out of the ridges and mountain ranges separating Brazil from Venezuela and Guyana. The map is by José Joaquin…
    • Contributor: Freire, Jose Joaquin
    • Date: 1780-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Guiana and Caribana.
    Guiana, verdeelt in Guiana en Caribana     This map of part of the northern coast of South America is a Dutch version of a map originally produced around 1650 by Nicolas Sanson (1600--1667), royal geographer to Kings Louis XIII and XIV, and commonly known as the father of French cartography. Numerous editions copied from Sanson were printed in the early 18th century. The map covers the region from the island of…
    • Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
    • Date: 1700-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Nautical Atlas of the World, Folio 6 Recto, North Atlantic Ocean. The map presented here is from the Miller Atlas in the collections of the National Library of France. Produced for King Manuel I of Portugal in 1519 by cartographers Pedro Reinel, his son Jorge Reinel, and Lopo Homem and miniaturist António de Holanda, the atlas contains eight maps on six loose sheets, painted on both sides. This map (folio 6 recto in the atlas)…
    • Contributor: Holanda, António De - Homem, Lopo, Flourished - Reinel, Jorge, Active 16th Century - Reinel, Pedro, Born Approximately 1464 - Manuel I, King of Portugal
    • Date: 1519-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Maps of the world's nations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
    • Date: 1976-01-01

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    Cedid atlas tercümesi Relief shown pictorially. In Ottoman Turkish. Maps based on William Faden's plates for his General atlas. Introductory text: Ucaletü'l-coğrafiyye / Mahmud Rai̇f. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Each map mounted on cloth. Black circle stamped on verso of each leaf. Decorative stamping and pencil or ink annotations in arabic or latin script on verso of some…
    • Contributor: Faden, William - Tab'hane-Yi Hümayun (Istanbul, Turkey) - Mahmud Raif Efendi
    • Date: 1803-01-01

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    The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans, &c. hitherto published. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Composite atlas of 23 maps published by William Faden and Thomas Jeffreys with manuscript list of maps. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789: 152, 257, 309, 624, 635, 690, 732, 800, 912, 1003, 1047, 1056, 1066, 1145, 1296, 1320, 1356, 1394, 1430, 1608, 1630, 1969 List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress,…
    • Contributor: Jefferys, Thomas - Faden, William
    • Date: 1777-01-01

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    A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto
    America Septentrionalis     Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Title from plate 17. Originally published as 1 map on 20 sheets. LC copy bound. Index map bound-in. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 569 Sheet of paper (25 x 19 cm.) listing the numbered plates mounted on preliminary leaf. On title cartouche (plate 17): C. Lempriere inv. & del., B. Baron, sculp. Available also through the Library…
    • Contributor: Baron, Bernard - Toms, W. H. (William Henry) - Seale, Richard William - Lemprière, C. (Clement) - Popple, Henry
    • Date: 1733-01-01

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    De Eylanden en Vastelanden van Westindien Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coasts of North America and South America from Virginia through the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico to Guiana in South America highlighting Cuba, the island of Hispaniola and the West Indies. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Described in Terrae incognitae, v. xvi, 1984. Richard W. Stephenson's The Henry Harrisse collection ... , p. 40; the first volume has binder's title "Manuscript maps…
    • Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
    • Date: 1639-01-01