1640 Guiana fiue Amazonum Regio

By: Willem Blaeu Date: 1640 (circa) Amsterdam Dimensions: 14.5 x 19 inches (36.8 x 48.25 cm) This is an authentic antique map of Guiana and part of the Amazon region of South America. The map was published by Willem Janszoon Blaeu out of Amsterdam circa 1640. This lovely map of Guiana and the Amazon region also includes the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, and Granada. Drawing much attention just above a distance scale is the mythical Parime Lacus with the fabled city of Manoa or El Dorado located on its western shore. For centuries beginning with the Spanish Conquistadores, it was believed that the golden city of the Incas was located on the banks of this massive lake in the highlands of Guiana. The legend described a city so rick with gold that its ruler would cover himself in gold dust and bathe in the lake every day, thus creating a lake bottom of pure gold. Many expeditions were sent in search for this lost city and it appeared on nearly all maps in more or less the same location for