COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
03695
File Name:
03695-13
Call number:
C698 S231i / 1-SIZE
Map title:
Provincia di Pernambuco
Place of Publication:
[Rome]
Publisher:
[Corbelletti]
Publication date:
[1698]
Map size height:
36.9 cm.
Map size width:
49.7 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; part 1, following p. 20
Geographical description:
Map of eastern Brazil, specifically of Pernambuco. Cartographic elements include compass rose, location of rivers, and scales. Decorative elements include angels, navigational instruments such as dividers, Portuguese royal coat of arms, and ships. Items in the image are identified with symbols explained in key at top right.
Source author:
Santa Teresa, João José de, 1658-ca. 1733
Source title:
Istoria delle guerre del regno del Brasile ...
Source place:
Anno MDCXCVIII In Roma : Nella Stamperia degl'Eredi del Corbelletti
Geographic Area:
South America
Historical notes:
Pernambuco was a prosperous captaincy because of the success of the sugar industry there. With the support of the Dutch West India Company, sugar mills (engenhos) were built and a sugar-based economy developed.
Normalized date:
1698
Creator:
Hubertus Vincent
Creator:
Andrea Antonio Orazi
Provincia di Pernambuco
