Sanson

ref. 3247 — Americas: Amsterdam Francois Halma 1705. Copper engraved map of Guyana by N. Sanson from Halma's Algemeene Werelde Beschryving Vol. 3 Black and white; title in Dutch; verso blank; strapwork title cartouche. The map shows a large lake or inland sea Lac ou Mer que les Caribes appellent Parime les Iaoyi Roponowini. and located on its shores the mythical city of El Dorado or Manoa. Lake Parime or Lake Parima is a legendary lake located in South America. It was reputedly the location of the fabled city of El Dorado also known as Manoa much sought-after by European explorers. Repeated attempts to find the lake failed to confirm its existence and it was dismissed as a myth along with the city. The search for Lake Parime led explorers to map the rivers and other features of southern Venezuela northern Brazil and southwestern Guyana before the lake's existence was definitively disproved in the early 19th century. Some explorers proposed that the seasonal flooding of the Rupununi savannah may have been misidentified as a lake. Recent geological investigations suggest that a lake may have existed in northern Brazil but that it dried up some time in the 18th century. Both "Manoa" Arawak language and "Parime" Carib language are believed to mean "big lake". This map appeared in Algemeene Weereld-Beschryving nae de Rechte Verdeeling der Landschappen Plaetsen Zeeën Rivieren &c. Geographisch Politisch Historisch Chronologisch en Genealogisch a Dutch edition of A. Phérotée de la Croix's Nouvelle Methode Pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie Universelle which first appeared in 1690. Dark impression. Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville.1600-67 ' father of the French cartography' and founder of the Sanson firm. Atlas ' Cartes générales de toutes les parties du Monde' 1658-70 and a pocket atlas in 4 parts 1652-1705. Sanson's small maps from A. Phérotée de la Croix's Nouvelle Methode Pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie Universelle. first published in 1652 and engraved by A. Peyrounin were copied several times by various map publishers. Johann David Zunners made copies of Sanson's maps for his German translation of Die Gantze Erd-Kugel in 1679. Johannes Ribbius and Simon de Vries published copies in 1682 and 1683 with new maps engraved by Antoine d'Winter. The plates were later sold to Francois Halma who used them in 1699 and then again in 1705 with the titles re-engraved in Dutch. François Halma 1653 - 1722 Dutch publisher/printer; dealer/auction house. Cartographer and publisher of maps active in Utrecht Amsterdam Franeker and Leeuwarden. Published 'Description de l'Univers' 1700; 'Algemene Wereldtbescrijving' 1705; 'Corpus Inscriptionum' 1707 and 'Lexicon Philosophicum' 1713. Keoman: Hal 1; Phillips 528. Americas South America Guyana Guiana Amsterdam Francois Halma 1705 unknown