Subject: Portugal
Period: 1725 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Verstellung der Ganzew Welt…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.5 x 19.5 inches
57.2 x 49.5 cm
This superb map links Portugal with her colony in South America in a beautiful composition. The map is filled with impressive detail of Portugal with mountains, forests, rivers, roads, cities, fortifications, and villages all carefully located. 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: A
Faint overall toning and a couple of insignificant rust spots.