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    Fortress of Brum in Pernambuco.
    Fortaleza do Brum em Pernambuco     This 19th-century plan, made by a captain in the Brazilian Army's inspectorate of fortresses, shows the fortress at Brum, which was constructed by the Dutch and the Portuguese in the 17th century.
    • Contributor: Souza, Antônio Alvares Dos Santos
    • Date: 1863-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Carta geographica de uma parte do Imperio do Brasil : confina... Also shows portion of Bolivia. Relief shown by hachures. Includes text, 2 ancillary maps, and relief profile. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in pencil translating title. Copy imperfect: Brittle; portion of yellow showing boundary faded.
    • Contributor: Carvalho, Izaltino José Mendonça De - Ponte Ribeiro, Duarte Da Ponte Ribeiro
    • Date: 1856-01-01
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    Carta militar das principaes estradas de Portugal Shows the area from Lisbon to Badajoz during the period of the Peninsular War, 1807-1814. Does not show any military information or troop movements. Notes in Portuguese and French. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC also has a copy with topography, hydrography, and road conditions added in manuscript by Major George Hartmann: G6691.R5 1808. LC copy...
    • Contributor: Fillmore, Millard
    • Date: 1808-01-01
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    Planta da peninsula de Macau. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Sociedade De Geografia De Lisboa
    • Date: 1889-01-01
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    Mappa da provinica de São Paulo Also shows transportation. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Rio de Janeiro. Signed in lower right corner: José C. de Carvalho. Includes text, statistical data on transportation, location map, and chart showing relief profiles, distances from Santos, altitudes, and temperatures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Sociedade Promotora De Immigração De S. Paulo
    • Date: 1886-01-01
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    Nova planta da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy imperfect: Cover missing.
    • Contributor: E. & H. Laemmert
    • Date: 1867-01-01
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    The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country : and so much o...
    Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha / por Josh James Forrester     Relief shown by hachures. In English and Portuguese. Author's name signed in statement of responsibility. Manuscript author's name and the following not added in ink below English title: This map, and the surveys of the Wine-Districts of the Alto-Douro, by the author, were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed in illustration of Mr. Forrester's evidence before a Select Committee on Import...
    • Contributor: Forrester, Joseph James - Hughes, William
    • Date: 1852-01-01
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    Planta da cidade de S. Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Relief shown by hachures. "Na impressão regia 1812." From: Almanaque brasileiro Garnier. 1911, v. 9. In upper right corner: Reduzido de um exemplar do Hlmo. Snr. Dr. D.A. Martins Costa lente de Clinica Medica por A.M.A. Pimentel 1884. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Lespinasse
    • Date: 1808-01-01
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    Map of Doce and Jequitinhonha Rivers Copied from Documents Fo...
    Mapa dos rios Doce e Jequitinhonha copiado do que se acha no campão [sic] de Estatistica da Camara dos Deputados     This 19th-century map shows the Doce and Jequitinhonha rivers and their tributaries in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The map, which was copied from an older original, is the work of José Raimundo da Cunha Matos (1776-1839), a Brazilian military historian and founding member of the Brazilian Historical and Geographic Institute. Although Minas Gerais is best known for the gold and diamond...
    • Contributor: Matos, Jose Raimundo Da Cunha
    • Date: 1800-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Esboço geographico organizado em conformidade de documentos o... Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Paris and Rio de Janeiro. In lower left margin: Lith. do Ach. Militar. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Ponte Ribeiro, Duarte Da Ponte Ribeiro
    • Date: 1874-01-01
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    Planta da cidade do Rio de Janeiro Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Includes indexed table: Estatistica de Cidade. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Imperfect: Fragile, torn vertically in 3 sections, and minor losses.
    • Contributor: Brazil. Archivo Militar
    • Date: 1858-01-01
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    Nova carta do Brazil e da America portugueza, anno de 1821. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Date: 1821-01-01
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    Carta militar das principaes estradas de Portugal Relief shown by hachures. Shows terrain and road conditions from Lisbon to Badajoz during the Peninsular War, 1807-1814. Portuguese and French. LC copy has ms. topography, hydrography, and road conditions by Major George Hartmann. LC copy imperfect: Stained and torn at fold lines to form three separate sections. Minimal level cataloging record. A similiar copy is in the Fillmore map coll. no. 232. Available...
    • Contributor: Hartmann, Georg Julius Von
    • Date: 1808-01-01
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    A capital do Brasil. Colors indicate parishes: yellow is Candelaria, pink is San José, blue is Sacramento, green is Santa Anna, and peach is Santa Rita. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Latin American Atlantic Port Cities exhibit, 1986, #30.
    • Contributor: Michellerie, E. De La
    • Date: 1831-01-01
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    The New Map of the North of the Coast of Brazil Showing Dista...
    A nova carta do norte da costa do Brazil mostrando a entrada rumos e distancia do Rio do Para e Amazonas     This early-19th century pen-and-ink watercolor map of the northern coast of Brazil shows the Pará River, an estuary of the Amazon that empties into the Atlantic to the southeast of the main river delta.
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    Carta da republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Penha, Lauriano José Martins - Correia, Serzedelo
    • Date: 1892-01-01
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    Map of the Brazilian Empire.
    Carta do Império do Brasil     This detailed map of Imperial Brazil was drawn by Conrado Jacob Niemeyer (1788-1862) after an earlier map by Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro, the Baron of Ponte Ribeiro (1795-1878). After beginning his career as a doctor, Ponte Ribeiro became an important diplomat during the early years of Brazilian independence, representing his country in Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. Niemeyer was an engineer best known...
    • Contributor: Tourinho, Monteiro - Ponte Ribeiro, Duarte Da Ponte Ribeiro, Barão De - Niemeyer, Conrado Jacob De
    • Date: 1873-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    [Mining maps of Minas de São Domingos, Portugal]. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Luso-Hispanic World, 743 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Date: 1874-01-01
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    Map of Maranhão, City of São Luis do Maranhão.
    Carta geométrica da barra do Maranhão, cidade de São Luiz do Maranhão     This manuscript map shows the city of São Luís do Maranhão as it appeared around 1800. Located on Brazil's northeastern coast, the city predates Brazil's European colonization. It was a large village of the local Tupinambá people before being taken over by the French in 1612, who renamed it after Saint Louis and in honor of King Louis XIII. Less than three years later,...
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    Plano hydrographico da Bahia do Rio de Janeiro Relief is shown by spot heights. Oriented with north to the lower right. Includes note. LC copy imperfect: Fragile, sectioned in 2, torn vertically along fold lines, liquid staining throughout. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Santos, Antonio Eleziario Dos - Brazil. Archivo Militar
    • Date: 1870-01-01
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    Cartogramma da febre amarella (durante o anno de 1895) na cid...
    Febre amarella (durante o anno de 1895) na cidade do Rio de Janeiro     Relief shown by contours. LC copy imperfect: Major and minor losses along edges, mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Regasoli, J. C. - Instituto Sanitario Federal (Brazil)
    • Date: 1896-01-01
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    Geographic Map of the Captaincy of Mato Grosso.
    Carta geografica da capitania do Mato Grosso     This hand-colored manuscript map shows the topography of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, along with parts of Grão Pará, the Negro River, Goiás, and São Paulo. It also shows the Assumpção province of Paraguay and the western provinces of the Moxós and Chiquitos Indians. The latter regions, important areas in the Guarani War of 1756, were at the center of the disputes over...