Amérique du Sud


Amérique du Sud

Item Information

Title:
Amérique du Sud
Description:
Women in Cartography: Pinchon also composed a map of South America, in which she has detailed country borders, cities and towns, mountains and rivers. She has included another illustration reflecting the natural landscape of the area depicted in the map, as she did for North America above. Here Louisa draws two Topaz hummingbirds, which are common in the Amazon River basin. A red-breasted male with two long tail feathers looks after three eggs with a female bird rendered in yellow, red and blue.
Creator:
Pinchon, Louisa.
Name on Item:
par Louisa Pinchon.
Date:
1880
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
South America--Maps, Manuscript
Places:
South America
South America
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 41 x 29 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Scale:
Not drawn to scale.
Language:
French
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor, drawn by a schoolgirl.
Title obscured by nest drawing; ink has faded.
Placename and date given in cartouche: "Elbeuf 1880." Elbeuf is a town in France.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Women in Cartography: Five Centuries of Accomplishments" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2015-2016.
Identifier:
06_01_005738
Call #:
G5200 1880 .P56
Barcode:
39999059016848