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MapInstructions and Travel Diary that Governor Francisco Joze de Lacerda e Almeida Wrote about His Travel to the Center of Africa, Going to the River of Sena, in the Year of 1798.
Instruçoens e Diario de Viagem q' fez ao centro d'África, o Governador q' foi dos Rios de Sena Francisco Joze d'Lacerda e Almeida, no anno de 1798 This manuscript diary by the Brazilian mathematician, geographer, and explorer Francisco José de Lacerda e Almeida (1750-98) describes Almeida's journey into the interior of southern Africa in 1798. Almeida was born in Brazil, studied at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, and rose to the position of royal astronomer. In 1780, he returned to Brazil as part of a commission established to determine the...- Contributor: Almeida, Francisco José De Lacerda E
- Date: 1798-01-01
- Resource: - 92 pages
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MapMappa geral da Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Companhia Lithographica Hartmann-Reichenbach - Calmon, Miguel
- Date: 1908-01-01
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MapMap of the Southern Part of Brazil.
Mappa da parte meridional do Brazil This manuscript map shows the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil from Ilhéus to the Prata River, and the interior with the tributaries of the Paraná, Paraguai, and Uruguay rivers. Also shown are the main churches and chapels in the provinces.- Date: 1700-01-01
- Resource: - 3 pages
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MapDescription of Inlet of the Kingdom of Angola.
Descripçam da Barra do Reino de Amgolla This 17th-century manuscript map is an early depiction of the harbor and city of Luanda, on the coast of Angola. Founded by the Portuguese in 1575, Luanda became the administrative center of Portuguese rule in Angola in 1627, one year after this map was made. The port of Luanda was also the center of the Angolan slave trade, controlled by the Portuguese Empire, and...- Contributor: Carvalho, Goncalo Pires
- Date: 1626-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages
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MapAtlas with Portolan Charts of the Old World and New World, 1580.
Portulano This atlas of portolan charts of the old and the new worlds consists of 16 double leaves made from fine white parchment, bound in costly red morocco leather (made from fine goatskin) with gold ornaments in oriental style. The important Portuguese mariner, cartographer, and painter Fernão Vaz Dourado is thought to have made the atlas in 1580, near the end of his life. It...- Contributor: Dourado, Fernando Vaz, 16th Century
- Date: 1580-01-01
- Resource: - 65 pages
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MapMap of the Fortress of Cobras Island Built to Harass Ships that Anchor in the Harbor.
Plano da fortaleza da Ilha das Cobras destinada a incomodar os navios que fundiarem no ancoradouro This map shows the fort on Das Cobras Island, near Rio de Janeiro. The title of the map--"Map of the Fortress of Cobras Island Built to Harass Ships that Anchor in the Harbor"--is taken from the note in the lower right, and indicates the role that the fort played in defending the harbor. The first fort was erected on the island in the 1620s,...- Contributor: Bulhões, José Correia Rangel De, Flourished
- Date: 1789-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapPlanta geral da cidade e nôvo pôrto de Macav Scale 1:2,000. At head of title: D.O.P. LC copy imperfect: Brittle and small sections missing. Relief shown by contours and hachures. Includes index to adjoining sheets. Sheet 2 includes ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Macau. Secção De Cadastro E Propriedade
- Date: 1935-01-01
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MapFortress 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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MapGeneral Map of the Diocese of Pará: Shows the Division of Parishes Where the Venerable Father Miguel de Bulhões III, Bishop from Pará, Founded and Built the Diocese.
Mappa geral do bispado do Pará: repartido nas suas freguezias que nele fundou, e erigio o Exmo. e Revmo. Snr. D. Fr. Miguel de Bulhões III Bispo do Para This map shows the territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belem do Pará. The diocese was founded in 1720, following its separation from the Diocese of São Luis do Maranhão, and was centered in the city of Belém, the capital of Pará state. The map shows the extent of the diocese under Bishop Miguel de Bulhões e Souza (1706-78), who served as a...- Contributor: Galluzzo, Henrique Antonio, 1769
- Date: 1759-01-01
- Resource: - 4 pages
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MapCarta geographica de uma parte do Imperio do Brasil : confinante com a Confederação Argentina e a Republica do Paraguay para melhor intelligencia da discussão sobre limites que foi consignada pelos respectivos ... 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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MapMap of Bahia.
Mapa da Bahia This early-18th century manuscript map by an unknown cartographer shows the interior of the Brazilian state of Bahia, still largely uncharted at that time. The Portuguese began to explore this region as early as 1501, and soon developed it into a center for growing and processing sugar. The sugar was exported from several of Bahia's coastal cities, the most important of which was Salvador.- Date: 1700-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapPortolan Chart. The first maritime charts were produced at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Their main purpose was to represent with the greatest possible accuracy coastlines and ports, for which reason they were called portolanos. When seafarers ventured out into the open sea, they entered their new discoveries on the charts. A Portuguese law stipulated that every ship had to carry two serviceable...
- Date: 1502-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of the District of Villa Rica.
Mappa da Comarca de Villa Rica / Jose Joaquim da Rocha This map showing the district of Villa Rica in Brazil's Minas Gerais state is the work of José Joaquim da Rocha (1737?-1807). Rocha was a Brazilian military engineer, painter, and cartographer who contributed works to many important churches and monasteries around Salvador and Minas Gerais. His map shows details of individual comarcas (judicial districts) and parochial districts, and an illustration of an Indian. Rocha...- Contributor: Rocha, José Joaquim Da
- Date: 1779-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap in Which the Rivers on Argentina, Parana and Paraguay are Described Most Exactly for the First Time, When a Beginning was Made by the New Colony as Far as the Mouth ...
Mappa geographicum quo flumen Argenteum, Paraná et Paraguay exactissime nunc primum describuntur, facto initio a nova Colonia ad ostium usque fluminis Iauru This atlas of colonial South America is by Miguel Antonio Ciera. A noted mathematician and professor of astronomy at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, Ciera was part of an expedition sent to demarcate the border between Spanish and Portuguese holdings in South America following signature of the 1750 Treaty of Madrid and the 1756 Guarani War. The atlas focuses on the southern part...- Contributor: Ciera, Miguel Antonio, 18th Century
- Date: 1758-01-01
- Resource: - 35 pages
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MapCarta 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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MapPlanta 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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MapPlanta do Rio de Janeiro com os horarios dos bondes, estradas de ferro, barcas, estradas de rodagem etc Relief shown by shading. Imperfect: Fragile, torn along fold lines, holes with minor losses. Includes indexes and color illustration. Text and various bond tables on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Merian, A.
- Date: 1900
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MapNew Hydrographic Map of the Sea and New Southern Lands: Made by the Cosmographer and Mathematician Emanuel Godinho de Eredia.
Nova tavoa hydrographica do mar de novas teras do sul / feita polo cosmographo e math. Emanuel Godinho de Eredia This hydrographic map is the work of Malaysian-Portuguese cartographer Emanuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623). At the turn of the 17th century, the Portuguese were exploring southeast Asia from their base in Malacca, searching for the "Islands of Gold" that figured prominently in Malaysian legends. Around 1602, the Viceroy of Portuguese India commissioned an expedition around the islands south of Malaysia and India. Eredia served...- Contributor: Godinho De Eredia, Manuel
- Date: 1602-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of the City of Rio de Janeiro: Situated at Latitude 22 Degrees 54' and Longitude 334 Degrees 53' from the Meridian of the Island of Ferro.
Plano da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro: situado na Latitude de 22°54', e de Longitude de 334°53' contados do Meridiano da ilha do Ferro This pen-and-ink watercolor map shows the city of Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding coastline around 1770, shortly after it became the colonial capital city of Portuguese Brazil. The map is the work of Manoel Vieira Leão (1727-1803), an assistant to the governor of the city.- Contributor: Lion, Manuel Vieira
- Date: 1770-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Map[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents]. Also shows the southeast Pacific Ocean, the southwest Indian Ocean, as well as the continents of South America, Africa, Europe, and portions of North America and Asia. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 16 LC Luso-Hispanic World, 10 Pen-and-ink and watercolor, matted and mounted between panels of transparent Lucite plexiglass; the panels are riveted on a rigid frame...
- Contributor: Roiz, Pascoal
- Date: 1633-01-01
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MapTopographic Map of New Discovery of the Corner in the Village of Cuiaba.
Planta topográfica da nova descuberta da Quina, na Villa do Cuyabá This hand-colored map shows the village of Cuiabá in Brazil's Mato Grosso state. The town was founded in 1727, after gold was discovered in the region. This map, made more than 40 years later, still shows a small village.- Contributor: Siqueira, Joze Manoel De
- Date: 1770-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapTown of Santos.
Praça de Santos This drawing shows the village of Santos in southern Brazil. The drawing is done with Nanquim ink, a type of ink developed in China and used for colloidal drawings and watercolors. It involves suspending carbon particles in water and stabilizing it with some type of glue.- Date: 1700-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapVillage and Square of Santos.
Villa e praça de Santos This drawing shows the village of Santos in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The village was established in 1546 and quickly became an export site for coffee. The drawing is done with Nanquim ink, a type of ink developed in China and used for colloidal drawings and watercolors. It involves suspending carbon particles in water and stabilizing it with some type of glue.- Date: 1700-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of the City of Rio de Janeiro, with the Essential Part of the Port and All Fortified Places.
Plano da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com a parte mais essencial do seu porto e todos os lugares forteficados This manuscript map shows the city of Rio de Janeiro spread along the shores of Guanabara Bay. The map, which is the work of José Correia Rangel de Bulhões, emphasizes the defenses of the city and the port. Rio de Janeiro displaced Salvador as Brazil's most important port after gold and diamonds were discovered in nearby Minas Gerais province in 1720. The city became...- Contributor: Bulhões, José Correia Rangel De, Flourished
- Date: 1796-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of the Region of the Iténez or Guaporé River and Its Tributaries.
Plano da região do Rio Itenes ou Guaporé e seus afluentes This pen-and-ink watercolor map shows the Iténez-Guaporé River Basin. The map shows the location of the fortress of Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Portugueses and the deployment of Spanish troops under command of Alonso Berdugo and Aymerich Tete. This river, now known in Brazil as the Guaporé, forms the border between the Brazilian provinces of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, before flowing north into Bolivia,...- Contributor: Crespo, Miguel Blanco
- Date: 1767-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page