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Plano del Pto. de Nipe situado en la costa del N. de la ysla de la Havana y en la latd. de 21 grro. 10 ms. setpl. y en la longd. de 301 gs. 33 ms. segun Tenerife /
Plano de la Ia. y Pto. de Sta. Cathalina en la costa del Brasil sitdo. en su punta del norte y boca del puerto en 27 gs. 28 ms. latd. sur, 327 gs. 36 ms. longd., meridiano de Tenerife.
Plano del Puerto de Plata situado en la costa del norte de la Ysla de Sto. Domingo en la latd. de 19 gs. 43 ms. N. y en la longd. de 306 gs. 18 ms. segun el merido. de Tenerife.
Plano del Pto. de Nipe situado en la costa del N. de la ya. de la Habana y en la latitud de 21⁰10ʹ septemtrional y longd. de 301⁰33ʹ, mero. de Tenerife.
Plano de el Puerto de Jagua situado en la costa de el sur de la ya. de la Havana en la latd. de 21 gs. 51 ms. N. y en 294 gs. 54 ms. de longd. segun Tenerife.
Plano y costa de la Palisada o de Misipipi zituada, su entrada o Cabo de Lodo en 29 gs. 17 ms. de lattud. norte y en longd. de 385 gs. 3 ms. segun Tenerife.
Plano del Rio Grande de Sn. Pedro situado en la costa del nordest de la punta y por latitud austral de 32 gs. 4 ms., longd. de 325 gs. 45 ms., mero. de Tenerife corre'ido en el.
Plano del Puerto de Nipe situado en la costa del N. de la de la [sic] ya. de la Havana en la latd. de 21 gs. 10 ms. sepc. y en la longd. de 301 gs. 33 ms. segn. el meridio. de Thenerife.
Plano del puerto de Sta. Marta situado en la costa de Tierra Firme en 11 grs. 16 ms. de latitud N. y en la longitud de 302 grs. y 23 ms., meridiano de Tenerife /
Plano de la enzenada y pto. de Valparayzo en las costas del mar del sur situado en la latd. austral de 33 gs. 2 ms. y en la longd. de 304 gs. 11 ms. segun el meridiano de Tenerife.
Summary
Depths shown by soundings.
Prime meridian: Tenerife.
Oriented with north toward the lower left.
Watermarks: IV; and, fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL.
Pen-and-ink and yellow watercolor.
Mounted on cloth backing.
LC Luso-Hispanic World, 239
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Indexed.
Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right margin: 52.
Vault
In the 17th century, maps took a huge leap forward. Mathematical and astronomical knowledge necessary to make accurate measurements had evolved. English mathematicians had perfected triangulation: navigation and surveying by right-angled triangles. Triangulation allowed navigators to set accurate courses and produced accurate land surveys. Seamen learned to correct their compasses for declination and had determined the existence of annual compass variation. Latitude determination was greatly improved with the John Davis quadrant. The measurement of distance sailed at sea was improved by another English invention, the common log. Longitudinal distance between Europe and Québec was determined by solar and lunar eclipses by the Jesuit Bressani in the 1640s and by Jean Deshayes in 1686. With accurate surveys in Europe, the grid of the modern map began to take shape.
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