Antique Map of the Brazilian Coast by A. Van Krevelt

Name: Antique Map of the Brazilian Coast by A. Van Krevelt
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-03449
Price: 390 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1772
Kind: Maps
Size: 26.2 × 20 cm (10.3 × 7.9 in)
Condition: Good. Please study image carefully.
Places: Brazil
Reference: BG-03449

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The coast of Brazil from Bahia to São Paulo, an engraved map titled "Suite du Bresil, depuis la Baie de Tous les Saints jusqu'à S. Paul", engraved by A. van Krevelt in 1772 and based on the work of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782). The imprint reads "pour servir à l'Histoire des Etab. Europ.", and the map is lettered as drawn from d'Anville's map of America. It is hand colored in outline.

The sheet follows the Atlantic shore south from Salvador and the Bay of All Saints (Baía de Todos os Santos), with Porto Seguro, Espírito Santo, Cabo Frio and Rio de Janeiro marked, down to Santos at the foot. Rivers, hills and villages are drawn inland, where a block of lettering at upper left notes a large thinly known interior ("Étendue de Pays desert et peu connu"). A boundary line colors the coastal captaincies in pink, yellow, green and blue.

The title cartouche is at lower right, with a scale in French leagues, and the number "29b" is engraved in the corner. The map comes from an Amsterdam portable atlas on the history and commerce of Europeans in the two Indies.

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