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Map of Brazil from 1730 – Historical Map
“Nova et Accurata Brasiliae Totius Tabula, Auctore Ioanne Blaeu I.F.”, Blaeu/Schenk
This scarce map is Johannes Blaeu’s third map of Brazil.
It includes the hereditary captaincies along the coast and is a significant improvement over Blaeu’s previous maps of Brazil.
The handsome cartouche is surrounded by cherubs and a river god.
This map, designed by Joannes de Broen and engraved by Abraham Wolfgang, was completed shortly before the great fire that destroyed the printing house, and therefore was included in only one edition of Blaeu’s atlases.
In 1694 Pieter Schenk acquired a number of Blaeu’s copperplates, including this one.