Carte De La Partie Meridionale Du Bresil, Avec Les Possessions Espagnols qui en sont a L'ouest (1780)

Description

This is a copper engraved map from 1780 by Rigobert Bonne titled Carte De La Partie Meridionale Du Bresil, Avec Les Possessions Espagnols qui en sont a L'ouest, which, translated into English reads as, Map of Southern Brasil, With the Spanish possessions that are on the West Coast. It is from the atlas, Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre (Atlas of all known parts of the World),

Rigobert Bonne was a famous mapmaker from the 18th Century.

The map covers the countries of Uruguay and Paraguay with parts of Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, and Southern Bolivia.

Cities appearing on the map:

Argentina: S. Louis de la Punta (San Luis), Villa de la Vallee Fertile (?), Cordova (Córdoba), Sta. Fe (Santa Fe), Pergamino, Buenos Ayres (Buenos Aires), S. Fernando (San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca), S. Miguel de Tucuman (San Miguel de Tucumán), St. Yago del Ebero (Santiago del Estero), Sta. Lucia (Santa Lucía), Candelaria, Salta, and Juguy (San Salvador de Jujuy).

Uruguay: Colonie du S. Sacrement (Colonia del Sacramento) and Mt. Video (Montevideo).

Brazil: Sta. Tecla (Fuerte de Santa Tecla destroyed in 1801 and now just the ruins of the fort), Ciudad del Rio Grande de S. Pedro (Rio Grande), Viamon (Viamão), Villa de Laguna (Laguna), S. Francois (São Francisco do Sul), Iguilpe (Iguape), S. Vincent (São Vicente), S. Paul (São Paulo), S. Sebastien de Rio Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro), S. Juan del Rey (São João del Rei), Villa Rica ou Mariana (Mariana), S. Fr. Xavier (São Francisco do Guaporé?), Sta. Anne (Santa Ana), S. Felix (São Félix do Araguaia), Villanova do Principe (?), and Porto Seguro.

Paraguay: Sta. Rose (Santa Rosa), Villa Rica (Villarrica), Assomtion (Asunción),

Bolivia: S. Bernardo de Tarya (Tarija) and Sta. Cruz de la Sierra (Santa Cruz de la Sierra).