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This Map of the United Provinces of La Plata, the Banda Oriental, & Chile

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"drawn principally from M.S.S. furnished by Woodbine Parish, Esq. F.R.S. many years H.M. Consul General & Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Ayres. To whom it is dedicated, By his obliged Servant, J. Arrowsmith." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 868.
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Date
15 February 1834
Call number
105:868 M
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