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MapNew Map of the Wonderful, Large and Rich Land of Guiana.
Nieuwe caerte van het wonderbaer ende goudrycke Landt Guiana This hand-colored map of Guiana (present-day French Guyana, Suriname, and Guyana) is the work of Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), the patriarch of one of the most famous Dutch mapmaking families. The map includes annotations in Dutch about the indigenous peoples of northern South America, along with fantastic illustrations of South American animals. The Amazon and Orinoco rivers are both well depicted on the map.- Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1598-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapCarta geográfica de Brasile VA 397-923 U.S. Copyright Office
- Contributor: Ramusio, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1556
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MapNautical Atlas of the World, Folio 5 Recto, Southwestern Atla... The map presented here is from the Miller Atlas in the collections of the National Library of France. Produced for King Manuel I of Portugal in 1519 by cartographers Pedro Reinel, his son Jorge Reinel, and Lopo Homem and miniaturist António de Holanda, the atlas contains eight maps on six loose sheets, painted on both sides. The maps were richly decorated and illuminated by...
- Contributor: Homem, Lopo, Flourished - Manuel I, King of Portugal - Reinel, Jorge, Active 16th Century - Reinel, Pedro, Born Approximately 1464 - Holanda, António De
- Date: 1519-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Collection[Maps of Brazil from approximately 1520 to 1970] This record covers single maps of Brazil, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover Brazil as a whole, regions of Brazil, and cities and towns. These...
- Date: 1520
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MapBrazil.
Brasil This early map of Brazil is by Jacopo Gastaldi (circa 1500-circa 1565), a Piedmontese cartographer who worked in Venice and rose to the position of cosmographer of the Venetian Republic. Gastaldi produced maps and illustrations for parts of Delle Navigationi et Viaggi (Travels and voyages), a compilation of travel writings by the Venetian diplomat and geographer Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557). Ramusio's work contained more...- Contributor: Ramusio, Giovanni Battista - Gastaldi, Giacomo
- Date: 1565-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page