BLAEU, J. - Brasilia.
BLAEU, J. - Brasilia.
Published: Amsterdam, 1647
Size: 385 x 493mm.
Color: In original colours.
Condition: Slight marginal discolouration but in seneral very fine. Wide margins. Latin text on verso.
Description
Striking old colour example of Blaeu's second map of Brazil prepared by Krystof Arciszewski, a Polish general who worked for the Dutch West Indian Company. The map perpetuates various myths including the Parime Lago , although it is generally more accurate than its predecessors.
Orientated with west to the top. Including the mouth of the Amazon.
Orientated with west to the top. Including the mouth of the Amazon.
700€
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- Reference N°: 38352
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