"Kaart van de Aller-Heiligen Baay waar aan de Hoofstad Legt van Brazil", Tirion, Isaac
Subject: Bay of All Saints, Brazil
Period: 1769 (circa)
Publication: Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van Amerika…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
15.9 x 13.6 inches
40.4 x 34.5 cm
This is a boldly engraved chart of the bay at Salvador (Bahia) with an inset plan of the fortified city of San Salvador. Navigational soundings and shoals are identified in the bay. Numerous plantations and sugar mills are noted with symbols along the coast and rivers. There is a large decorative rococo-style title cartouche and two compass roses.
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Condition: B+
A dark impression with a few small wormtracks and tiny fold separations that have been archivally repaired on verso. Issued folding and now flat.