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Latina: Gviana siue Amazonvm Regio.
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English: This is G. Blaeu's remarkable c. 1635 map of the northeastern parts of South America , Lake Parima (Parime Lacus), and the route to El Dorado. Blaeu initially issued this map in 1630 and variants were published well in to the 1660s. This example dates to the 1635 German edition of Blaeu's atlas. The map covers from Isla Margarita and the Orinoco Delta eastward as far as Tampico and southwards as far as the Amazon River. This region of South America generated considerable European interest in the early 17th century following the publication of Sir Walter Raleigh's fascinating Discovery of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful EMPIRE Of GUIANA . Raleigh's expedition traveled down the Orinoco River in search of the Kingdom of El Dorado. Today we know that El Dorado did not exist, but was rather an amalgam of very real tribal traditions and the European lust for gold. Nonetheless, in the 16th century, tales of El Dorado were common conversation along the port cities of the Spanish Main. Having explored a considerable distance down the Orinoco, Raleigh's expedition found itself mired in a remote tribal village at the onset of the rainy season. While waiting for an opportunity to return north, a trading delegation arrived. At this time the dominate trading empire in the Amazon were the Manoa, who, though based near modern day Manaus, pursued trade routes to from the foothills of the Andes to the Amazon and Orinoco Deltas. While the rainy season prevented Raleigh from moving forward, for the Manoa it had the opposite effect. The heavy rains inundated the vast Parima flood plain creating a great inland sea, consequently opening an important trade connection between the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers. When the Manoa arrived, Raleigh and his men noticed that they had various golden trinkets for sale. This was apparently enough for Raleigh to deduce that they must indeed be from the hidden kingdom of El Dorado. When Raleigh asked where the traders came from, the locals, with no common language with which to engage Raleigh, could only explain that they traveled across a great water and were from Manoa. Raleigh's presumptuous narrative inspired many early cartographers to map this massive lake, with the city of El Dorado or Manoa on its shores, in the unexplored lands between the Orinoco and Amazon River basins. In addition to Blaeu's fascinating depiction of Lake Parima, among the most prominent such in any mapping of this region, there are also a number of attractive decorative elements. Three sailing ships ply the waters and just under the compass rose a scary looking sea monster swims toward shore. A decorative baroque title cartouche appears in the upper right quadrant and, at the bottom of the map, to small cartouches frame a distance scales and Blaeu's signature. Uncolored as issued.
Español: Mapa del noreste de América del Sur, publicado por Willem Blaeu en 1635. Incluye el lago Parima (Parime Lacus), y la ruta a El Dorado.
Français : Carte de 1635 de Willem Blaeu localisant l'Eldorado dans le plateau des Guyanes, près d'un légendaire « lac Parimé », inspiré par Gaspar de Carvajal.
Português: Mapa de 1635, do cartógrafo neerlandês Willem Blaeu (1571-1638), mostra a parte nordeste da América do Sul, o lendário lago Parime (Parime Lacus), e a rota para a cidade de Eldorado.
Bosanski: Karta Willema Blaeua iz 1635. prikazuje sjeveroistočni dio Južne Amerike, jezero Parima (Parime Lacus) i put do legendardnog El Dorada.
Čeština: Mapa nizozemského kartografa Willema Blaeu z roku 1635, znázorňující severovýchodní čast jihoamerického kontinentu s legendárním jezerem Parime a cestou k bájnému Eldoradu.
Magyar: Willem Blaeu 1635 körüli térképe, melyen a mitikus Eldorádó helyét a Guyanai-felföldön jelölte meg
Italiano: Mappa del Sud America nordoccidentale realizzata da Willem Blaeu nel 1635, che mostra il leggendario lago Panama dove di troverebbe l'El Dorado.
한국어: 빌렘 블라외의 1635년 지도. 남아메리카 북동부, 파리마 호수(Parime Lacus), 엘도라도로 가는 길이 그려져 있다.
Nederlands: Een kaart van een deel van Guyana en Venezuela uit circa 1635 van Nederlands carthograaf Willem Blaeu.
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Blaeu, G., Atlantis Appendix, sive pars altera, continens tab. geographicas diversarum Orbis regionum, 1630.

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Willem Blaeu  (1571–1638)  wikidata:Q520327
 
Willem Blaeu
Alternative names
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Willem Jansz Blaeu, Guilielmus Janssonius, Willems Jans Zoon, Guilielmus or G. Blaeu
Description Dutch cartographer, publisher, instrument maker, astronomer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1571 Edit this at Wikidata 18 October 1638 / 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uitgeest Amsterdam
Work period 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
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Amsterdam (1599–1638); Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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N: 18.2936264°N
W: 66.1485737°W E: 41.8632985°W
S: 13.7819238°S
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Geographicus link: Guiana-blaeu-1635
Dimensions height: 15 in (38.1 cm); width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,15U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,20U218593

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