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Map A Most Accurate Picture of Brazil. Accuratissima Brasiliae tabula

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Title

  • A Most Accurate Picture of Brazil.

Other Title

  • Accuratissima Brasiliae tabula

Summary

  • This early map showing Bahia state in Brazil is the work of Henricus Hondius (died 1638), a member of a famous Dutch mapmaking family. His father, Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), acquired the plates for Gerard Mercator's Atlas in 1604, and in 1606 published a new edition of this work. Henricus and his brother-in-law, Jan Jannson (died 1664), published the Novus Atlas (New atlas) in 1637. Dutch maps of the 16th century were marked by illustrated inserts, as seen on this map, and were generally the work of mapmaking families.

Names

  • Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651 Creator.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands : [publisher not identified], 1630.

Headings

  • -  Brazil--Bahia
  • -  Brazil--Pernambuco
  • -  1600 to 1650

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : 38 x 49 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668372

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hondius, Hendrik, Creator. A Most Accurate Picture of Brazil. [Amsterdam, Netherlands: publisher not identified, 1630] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668372/.

APA citation style:

Hondius, H. (1630) A Most Accurate Picture of Brazil. [Amsterdam, Netherlands: publisher not identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668372/.

MLA citation style:

Hondius, Hendrik, Creator. A Most Accurate Picture of Brazil. [Amsterdam, Netherlands: publisher not identified, 1630] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668372/>.