Engraving of Salvador de Bahia from 1770

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Engraving of Salvador de Bahia from 1770Rare Spanish Bird's-Eye View of Salvador de Bahia
"La Ciudadde S. Salvador Capital del Brasil", Anon. 

Salvador, formerly the capital of Brazil, was a strategic port under Portuguese control.

This fine copper engraving shows the walled city of Salvador with ships and boats filling the harbor in the foreground.

A lettered key at bottom identifies numerous locations. This anonymous Spanish view is a larger copy of Arnoldus Montanus' view of the city, published in 1671.
Engraving of Salvador de Bahia from 1770 Rare Spanish Bird’s-Eye View of Salvador de Bahia “La Ciudadde S. Salvador Capital del Brasil”, Anon.  Salvador, formerly the capital of Brazil, was a strategic port under Portuguese control. This fine copper engraving shows the walled city of Salvador with ships and boats filling the harbor in the foreground. A lettered key at bottom identifies numerous locations. This anonymous Spanish view is a larger copy of Arnoldus Montanus’ view of the city, published in 1671.

Engraving of Salvador de Bahia from 1770

Rare Spanish Bird’s-Eye View of Salvador de Bahia
“La Ciudadde S. Salvador Capital del Brasil”, Anon. 

Salvador, formerly the capital of Brazil, was a strategic port under Portuguese control.

This fine copper engraving shows the walled city of Salvador with ships and boats filling the harbor in the foreground.

A lettered key at bottom identifies numerous locations. This anonymous Spanish view is a larger copy of Arnoldus Montanus’ view of the city, published in 1671.

Engraving of Salvador de Bahia from 1770 – Historical Engraving