COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
03695
File Name:
03695-14
Call number:
C698 S231i / 1-SIZE
Map title:
Geografia della marina della citta della Baia
Place of Publication:
[Rome]
Publisher:
[Corbelletti]
Publication date:
[1698]
Map size height:
33.8 cm.
Map size width:
49.6 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; part 1, following p. 60
Geographical description:
Plan of Bahia de Todos Sanctos (the Bay of All Saints) with an inset plan of São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, soundings, sea banks or shoals, location of sugar mills (engenhos) and fortifications. Decorative elements include an angel and Portuguese royal coat of arms. Items in the plan of the city are lettered for identification in key.
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:
Salvador was founded in 1549 and was one of the most important cities in and capital of Portuguese colonial Brazil until 1763. Important in both the slave and sugar trades, it was held briefly by the Dutch in 1624 to 1625.
Normalized date:
1698
Creator:
Hubertus Vincent
Geografia della marina della citta della Baia
