COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07667
Record number:
07667-3
JCB call number:
F624 R466b
Image title:
Brasilia.
Place image published:
[Dordrecht?]
Image publisher:
[Ian Canin]
Image date:
[1624]
Image function:
fold-out plate; following leaf [15]
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
20.5 cm. (neatline)
Image dimension width:
31.1 cm. (neatline)
Page dimension height:
21.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
33 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish, Latin
Description:
Map of the east coast of Brazil with north to the right. Cartographic elements include scale, compass rose, degrees of latitude and longitude, names of rivers and settlements. Includes fish and ships. Includes insets of bird's-eye view of Espiritu Santo and map of the Baya de todos los Santos in the present-day state of Bahía. Cartouche includes cone of sugar and a native American man holding a paddle and wearing feathered headdress and skirt. Also includes soldiers and pack mules near Pernambuco.
Source Title:
Reys-Boeck van het rijcke Brasilien, Rio de la Plata ende Magallanes
Source place of publication:
[Dordrecht?]
Source publisher:
Ian Canin
Source date:
1624
notes:
The book is signed N.V.G. [Nicolas van Geelkercken?].
Time Period:
1601-1650
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1882.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Brazil--Maps
Brasilia.
