Map of Pernambuco

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Map of Pernambuco

Marcgraf, Georg / Blaeu sr., Joan

Map of Pernambuco.

Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis.

Many East Indiamen are shown lying off the coast. This map can be linked to the following charts: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 1043 B 14, after p. 28; Idem, inv. nr. 1043 B 14, after p. 38, 2, and Idem, inv. nr. 1043 B 14, after p. 68.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 1049B13_096.

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Is part of:

Rio S. Francisco, wambuis Maurits, fort (Penedo) Paripueira Santa Luzia do Norte Penedo

Creator

Marcgraf, Georg (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Blaeu sr., Joan (publisher)

Period

1647

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

40,5 x 53 cm40,5 x 53 cm

Number

1043 B 14, na p. 38, 1

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, compass / dial, Person, North and South Americans, tower, fauna, survey / view, building, ship / vessel

Inscription

Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis

Sources and literature

Barlaeus, Caspar, Rerum per octennium in Brasilia: et alibi nuper gestarum, sub præfectura illustrissimi comitis I. Mavritii [...] historia (1647)

Blaeu, Joan [ed. Peter van der Krogt], Atlas Maior (1665[2005])