Subject: Portugal and Brazil
Period: 1744 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10 x 7.5 inches
25.4 x 19.1 cm
This great small map linking Portugal with her colony in South America is a beautifully composed map. The map is filled with impressive detail of Portugal. However, it is the addition of a large inset of Brazil showing the capitanias that makes the map outstanding. The exquisite title cartouche fills the remaining area above the inset with Neptune, a queen, cherubs, coats of arms and the Portuguese fleet.
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Condition: B
Fine impression and original color. Bit of very light soil in lower right corner.