Title: Brasil
Map Maker:
Giovanni Battista Ramusio
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Place / Date: Venice / 1556
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Coloring: Uncolored
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Size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches
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Condition: VG
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Price:
SOLD
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Inventory ID: 6817
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Description: The earliest obtainable regional map of Brazil. Extremely early and inaccurate explorer's map of Brazil. The inland is virtually unknown. The Amazon and the Rio de Plata originate from a Volcano deep in the jungle. Beyond that is TERRA NON DESCOPERTA. There is more pictorial than geographical information. Along the coast, Portuguese and French visitors are seen together with local indians ocean is filled with French and Portuguese ships, with fish and with monsters. Modern Rio de Janeiro is south of C. frio (Cabo Frio), and Salvador or Bahia, at C. de todos Santos. An essential map for collectors. A nice example, with minor stitch holes at the centerfold, as is often the case.
Related Categories:
Maps of America
Maps of South America
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