Subject: Brazil
Period: 1780 (circa)
Publication: Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.6 x 8.6 inches
32 x 21.8 cm
Nice matched pair of maps detailing most of Brazil. Carte de la Partie Septentrionale du Bresil covers northern Brazil, from Cayenne to just past Salvador. Carte de la Partie Meridionale du Bresil... continues from Porto Seguro to the mouth of the La Plata River. The direction of trade winds are shown in the Atlantic. The interior is sparsely detailed except for Indian tribes and the locations of Jesuit missions.
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Condition: A
Crisp impressions printed on bluish sheets with minor toning along the centerfolds, a hint of offsetting, and light toning along the edges of the sheets.