2014
DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392201302944
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Nicolas Sanson and his Map: The Course of the Amazon River

Abstract: One of the first scientific maps of the Amazon region, The Course of the Amazon River (Le Cours de La Rivière des Amazones), was constructed by Nicolas Sanson, a French cartographer of the seventeenth century, and served as the prototype for many others. The evaluation of this chart, until now, has been that it is a very defective map, a sketch based on a historical account, according to the opinion of La Condamine. Thus, the aim of the present work was to prove that the map of the Amazon River traced by Nicol… Show more

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“…Mas, apesar de tudo, o mapa de Pagan não influenciou diretamente outros mapas. O protótipo para mapas futuros, aproveitando a fama e o posto de seu autor, foi o mapa de Nicolas Sanson, feito no ano seguinte (Figura 9) e empregando a mesma metodologia de Pagan, segundo pudemos comprovar (Cintra, 2014).…”
Section: Região Amazônicaunclassified
“…Mas, apesar de tudo, o mapa de Pagan não influenciou diretamente outros mapas. O protótipo para mapas futuros, aproveitando a fama e o posto de seu autor, foi o mapa de Nicolas Sanson, feito no ano seguinte (Figura 9) e empregando a mesma metodologia de Pagan, segundo pudemos comprovar (Cintra, 2014).…”
Section: Região Amazônicaunclassified