New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-26
AN ENGLISHMAN'S MISTAKE
ERRORS IN AN ARTICLE BY PROfhS"oi'
MARKHAM POINTED OUT.

\ PATHOLOGICAL EXPERT TAKES THE f''''''-
DENT OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL So
c,rry TO rAsK-MArs OF BRITISH
GUIANA AND VENEZUELA
inv TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRBuHEl
Washington Feb 25-speaking OF a recent a''-
Gle nv Professor Markham. the pEesiue"' ., ~
ROYAL Geographical Society. when seenS " '
suthoritativey the boundaries OF bri'is" ""'',"'
T. Lee Phillips. the cartoioscai eNP'
brary OF Congress. says 49,, .,,.
.It NAV be thought prcsumptuous to take issue
.~,,h the president Of the Royal Geographical 30
ciety upon a question relating 10 hauo'"' ~
'daries. but a recent statement OF MS III ''''
Of The London Times. February g. in when ne
undertakes to define the boundaries OF br''s'i
r-r,ans shows that even SO great authority may
sometimes be at fault. AS a loyal sup,ect vi ti'e
Queen 1t is only natural that he shouid 'aAe o'e
side of his country In the controversy out MS 20"
triotism cannot excuse the inaccufaey III TIC "'
,nent Of facts And moreover his several mistakes
90 N the dates of maps upon which he relies to
sustain his reasOnngs leave room u uo"'' Wv
Soundness of his conclusions
..JJis Nrst reference Is TO the famous atlas OF Or
aelius OF date 1870 which he states contains map
of South America. and he Is almost exceptionally
accurate I'm this reference. for the atlas does contain
O map of the whole Western continent embracing
North and South America. with adJ~ceht ana III
tervening islands. But in the same paragraph anu
OF 1922 whereas Hondius never published an atlas
of his own making but simply edited various edi-
lions of Mercator Professor Markham refers 10
the two Amsterdam aliases OF Nlsscher ana
Baeuw' as 1851 and 1865 respectively The BRUSH
Museum catalogue of maps AID atlas authorities
mentions the date OF publication of the first as
16,0 and of the other as 1862. The Latin edition Of
Blaeuw IS styled Atlas Major and known as lie
Grand Atlas The eleventh volume is devoted 10
America and was published not IN 1865. as stated
sl,aD
but in l6G2.
''In the same sentence which contains the fore
going inaccuracies the president OF the Royal
Geographical. Society proceeds 10 embrace another
blunder without stopping 30 take breath. as 1t
were for he rounds up the period by adding;
sWhle Janson and Herman MOI follow B'aeuw.'
But it happens that the first edition OF Janson was
published in 1889. thus preceding Blaeuw by many
years, and Is based on Mercators atlas. lie also
refers to the Undated map OF De Isle This pos
eibly was taken from his Atlas Nouveau 1883. Inc
same map of De Isle. entitled LAmerque Meri-
dionale' has the date 100 the year OF puDlca-
tion. The Gun,!lla map was first puoished IN MS
'El Orinoco llustrade, 174l. Another publication
of the same work is dated 175s The ID Awhile map
was first published in l74s.
IL am surprised that map by Had1ed mas not
been noticed in the discussion Of this question
The title is. Map OF British Guiana from the
Latest Surveys of Schombursk. owen, Hlihouse
and Others Showing the Parochiai DIVISIONS as
Staple Productions and the Tracts OF such Inat
Have Been Abandoned Within the Last Thirty
Years. b. T Hadheld Crown Surveyor George
town. Denerara. August l. 1885, l5xlS heneS'
Also Reginas Map Geografico. l'so' WhlCh gives
the boundary line Of Guyana Holandesa, from
Gan. Nassau along the west side of the Essequibo
Another map OF great interest called carte DE Ia
'Cueyana Upres Les Termes du Tralte Otrecn''
published by La Sociaiitc dEtude pour la Colonial
zion de la Guayane Franchise. 1873 1t gives the
40 10
"A book compiled BY the Agricultural and Com
mercial Society Of British Guiana. for the Paris
Exhibition. 1867. and published In London. en-
braces two Of SchombuTgk's maps, both caIed
sketch Maps OF British Guiana one is the usual
man Of his published In various books and maya
zines The other differs entirely. and embraces
only Rerb.ce Demerara and Essequbo counties.
Two interesting maps are published In Netschens
Gescheedenis Van de Co.onien Essequiho' Dera-
rarz en- Berbicc. The map Of Codazz Is made from
his atlas Of the same date. 1910. Professor Mark
nam refers only the IT'S edition OF ID Anvllie 5
man OF South America. The original French edition
was published in lIls He mentions also the samson
Atlas published in 1863 The map by Samson called
Carte de la Guyana ct Caroline, dated 1000 Is
found on the Kohn collection in the State Depart
ment.
Much importance given a short while ago
In some quarters to a map by Jdnver. don't know
the title OF the map there mentioned In UTicocAea S
.Mapo;eca Colombiana' is the following title. which
SHOWS that Janvier only a compiler from well
known sources: I.Amerique Dvis.e en- Tous les
Paws ct Flats Dresse sur de Nouveaux Memories
ct sur Las Derniers Dissertations, Paris chez e
ST. Lonschamp ct Janver. Biographies. i75i' This
state O: the facts can cave doubt that Janv'er
was a Frenchyran. and that the Italian map re-
ferred to was translation. Another edition of this
map Is numbered 81 in the work OF Crco-
chea's. entitled LAmerique Divsu en- !es Primo
lpaux Flats Assuet:e aux Observations Astron-
'omique par lie ST. Janvier. Geographic. Paris 1880
Case Deanarche 49,
president Markham after stating that the
council the Royal Geographical Society selected
IAN accom- plished Prussian traveller, named ROBERT
N Srho:nburgk, TO exp.oTe British Guiana paying
his expenses and drawing up his instructions thst
'n 1870 Schomburgk received the gold media. o.; the
Royal Geographical. Society and that In the fol-
lowing year he became Her Majesty's Commissioners
10 survey the boundaries Of British Guiana pro-
ceeds to say that Schomburgk explored the Wali
and Barima and de!neatcd a boundary by which a
large extent Of British territory comprising me
whole valley the Yurmari was given up 70 Venez-
Royal biographical Society was not satisfied with
The line run by SchonburSk the authorized conf
missioner appointed by the Government.
Another English authority. entitled The Schon-
0urgks in Guiana heretofore brought 10 light, ID
also IN point. The work is by James Roadway. 1t
saws: The movements OF the boundary expedition
were very jea.ousy watched by Venezuela From
their newspapers OF the time 1t appears that the
18th OF January 1871 the British Consul at Caracas
Informed the Government that Her Britannia Ma
iesty had commissioned the Chevsller Schombur2i
10 survey the territory Of British Guiana, and 10
SHtablsh its limits With Venezuela adding tina,
orders had been sent 10 the Government o; Br.tsh