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1622. (Colombia & Ecuador) Descripcion Del Audiencia Del Quito

  • (Colombia & Ecuador)  Descripcion Del Audiencia Del Quito

(Colombia & Ecuador) Descripcion Del Audiencia Del Quito information:

Year of creation: 
Resolution size (pixels): 
 1721x1310 px
Disk Size: 
 470249B
Number of pages: 
 1
Place: 
 Amsterdam

Print information. Print size (Width x height in inches):
Printing at 72 dpi 
  23.9 х 18.19
Printing at 150 dpi 
 11.47 х 8.73
Printing at 300 dpi 
 5.74 х 4.37

Amsterdam edition of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas' map of the Audiencia of Quito, from his Descripcion de las Indias Occidentalis, first published as part of his Historia General, in Madrid in 1601.

This map is the earliest printed Spanish map to depict the area which is now Ecuador and Quito.

The lack of detail in the interior reflects the Spanish policy of secrecy, which precluded the dissemination of geographical knowledge, a policy strictly and apparently affectively enforced, as prior to Herrera's work, no Spanish printer made any attempt to provide meaningful detail for this region.

The first edition of Herrera's work is of the utmost rarity and the plates were never again used. The maps were copied in Amsterdam in 1622 and after.

Burden 140.

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Item information:

Year of creation:
Size:
1721x1310 px
Disk:
470249B
Number of pages:
1
Place:
Amsterdam
Author:
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas.
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