Blaeu Brazil Map, Novus Brasiliae Typus, Antique Hand-Colored Map 1642

Name: Blaeu Brazil Map, Novus Brasiliae Typus, Antique Hand-Colored Map 1642
Brand: Blaeu
SKU: HP-089
Price: 6995 USD
Availability: InStock

$6,995

€6,250 · dollar price at today's exchange rate

Buy now Ask a question

Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Date: 1642
Maker: Blaeu
Kind: Maps
Size: 50 × 59 cm (19.7 × 23.2 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition for its age. Original central fold as issued. Light overall toning consistent with age. Some minor wear and faint staining in the margins. Edges slightly irregular. Colors remain strong and attractive. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Brazil
Reference: HP-089

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

Brazil, a map titled "Novus Brasiliae Typus", published by Willem and Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam around 1642 in their atlas Toonneel des Aerdrycx. It is an original copper engraving with hand color in green, red and yellow.

The map shows the Brazilian coast from the south, with the Capitanias labeled along the shore, among them S. Vincent, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Porto Seguro, the Bahia and Pernambuco. Rivers run inland and a lake lies in the interior. The land is filled with scenes of native life and fauna: a group of figures dancing around a fire, a canoe carried on the shoulders of bearers, a rhea, an armadillo-like animal, an anteater and other animals, and a pictorial panel at the top that appears to show a lagoon.

The title cartouche at the lower left is held by two large native figures, one in feathers and the other carrying a basket on his head. A second cartouche at the lower center carries the scale, two compass roses and several ships and sea creatures fill the Atlantic, "Mar del Nort", and the Amsterdam imprint of Blaeu appears at the lower right.

★