Map of the Eastern part of the Province of Verina, between the Oronooko ther Abura and the Rio Meta Compiled from Astronomical Observations and materials collected on the Spot by Alexander Humboldt.

1818 Humboldt Map of Parts of Bolívar and Apure States, Venezuela

Date d'édition : 1818

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Very good. Light wear along original fold lines. Verso repairs to fold separations. Size 7.5 x 11 Inches. This is an 1818 Alexander von Humboldt map of parts of the modern-day states of Apure and Bolívar in Venezuela. The map provides greater context for Humboldt and Bonpland's epic voyage on the Rio Apure to the Orinoco. The copiously annotated map ('abounds with Crocodies') allowed Humboldt's Personal Narrative readers to better grasp the geography, challenges, and terrain. This voyage proved the connection between the Orinoco and the Rio Negro, and thus the Amazon, solving a long-pondered cartographic mystery. Humboldt's greater voyage through South America, resulted in his most famous work, Cosmos , an era-defining scientific achievement. A Closer Look Depicting more of the modern-day state of Apure than the state of Bolívar, the map illustrates a section of the Orinoco River from the Meta River near the bottom border to the Rio Ujape. The focus is on the vast system of tributaries to the east of the Orinoco, including the Rip Apure, which Humboldt and Bonpland descended. Cities, towns, and farms are identified throughout, along with lakes and tributaries. Humboldt in South America After securing the goodwill of the Spanish crown and permission to travel in Spanish America, Humboldt and his friend Aimé Bonpland (a French physician turned botanist) embarked for the New World from Spain in June 1799. Forty-one days later, they arrived in Cumaná, in the Captaincy General of Venezuela. Humboldt and Bonpland spent the next several months exploring the region around Cumaná before heading overland to Caracas. They left Caracas for the Orinoco River on February 7, 1800, intent on scientifically determining if there was a connection between the Orinoco and the Amazon Rivers. It took the explorers nearly two months to arrive at a tributary of the Orinoco, reaching the banks of the Apure on March 26, 1800. They spent the next 74 days traveling the vast river system, eventually determining with scientific precision the location of the Casiquiare River, which famously flows both ways, and connects the Orinoco River to the Río Negro, the largest tributary of the Amazon. Afterward, Humboldt and Bonpland spent the next 4 years traveling through Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico, where they were feted by both the political and scientific communities. They arrived in Philadelphia in May 1804. While in the United States, Humboldt was a guest of President Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Publication History and Census This map was compiled by Alexander von Humboldt, engraved by Samuel Neele, and published for the English edition of Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, 1749-1804 (Longman, 1818). One example of the separate map is cataloged in OCLC and is part of the collection at the University of Michigan. While the separate map is scarce, Humboldt's Personal Narrative , in its many editions, is well represented in institutional collections. References: OCLC 847605640.

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• Titre: Map of the Eastern part of the Province of Verina, between the Oronooko ther Abura and the Rio Meta Compiled from Astronomical Observations and materials collected on the Spot by Alexander Humboldt.
• Date de parution: 1818
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