Brasilia – Joan Blaeu, 1650
Oriented with north to the right, this map shows the eastern portion of Brazil. Includes an ornamental cartouche, and illustrations of ships and putti. “Generis nobilitate, armorium et litterarum scientia prestantmo. Heroi Christoph ab Artischau Arciszewski, nuper in Brasilia per triennium tribuno militum Prudentiss. Fortiss. Feliciss. tabulam hanc prono cultu D.D.D. Johannes Blaeu.” Appears in […]
Brazil Sanson, Nicolas, 1705
This is a reduced version of Sanson’s important map showing the Portuguese possessions in Brazil. The coastal regions were divided by the Portuguese Crown into fourteen Capitanias, or hereditary harbor offices. The holders of these grants, called donees (donatários), were responsible for their defense and development. There is also a fair amount of detail in […]