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1827 Map of Paraguay and Northeastern Argentina
Plata-vandermaelen-1827
Title
1827 (undated) 19 x 20.5 in (48.26 x 52.07 cm) 1 : 1641836
Description
The area takes its name from the 17th century Jesuit establishment of missions among the native Guarani in this area, setting up a number of Jesuit Reductions and establishing as many as thirty mission villages. Along the three major rivers of the region, the map illustrates the settlements in detail. This was among the largest-scale maps of this region produced to date. Vandermaelen's Atlas, by applying a uniform scale to every map, afforded sharper detail to many remote areas of the world previously not so well depicted. This is also the first map of the region executed in lithograph.
Publication History and Census
This map appeared in the fifth part, 'Cinquième partie, Amér. mérid.' of Vandermaelen's Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, statistique et minéralogique. The atlas was produced in one edition in 1827. Only 810 complete sets were sold. The full set of six volumes appears in eleven institutional collections in OCLC. The 5th volume alone is listed in eleven. This map is listed as a separate only at the Clements Library.Cartographer
Philippe Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen (December 23, 1795 - May 29, 1869) was a Flemish cartographer active in Brussels during the first part of the 19th century. Vandermaelen is created with "one of the most remarkable developments of private enterprise in cartography," namely his remarkable six volume Atlas Universel de Geographie. Vandermaelen was born in Brussels in 1795 and trained as a globe maker. It was no doubt his training as a globe maker that led him see the need for an atlas rendered on a universal scale in order that all bodies could be understood in relation to one another. In addition to his great work Vandermaelen also produced a number of globes, lesser maps, a highly detailed 250 sheet map of Belgium, and several regional atlases. More by this mapmaker...