Original 1947 Map of Brazil by Charles Burki – Dutch Colonial Graphic Design

Name: Original 1947 Map of Brazil by Charles Burki – Dutch Colonial Graphic Design
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-Bea34
Price: 695 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1947
Kind: Maps
Size: 31.5 × 22.5 cm (12.4 × 8.9 in)
Condition: Good. Condition report: Very good condition with minor toning consistent with age, small traces of mounting tape on margins, and light handling marks. The printed surface remains crisp, with rich blacks and clean lines.
Period: The Twentieth Century
Places: Brazil
Reference: BG-Bea34

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 as an original pen-and-ink map by the Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909-1994), signed and dated 1947, drawn in black ink on cream paper. The lettering is mostly Dutch, and the sheet was made as finished artwork for an educational or commercial publication.

The country is shown in strong black-and-white contrasts, with a boxed legend at the top right that distinguishes "Weide Gronden" (pasture), "Woudgebied" (forest), "Granen" (grain) and "Metalen (ontgonnen)" (mined metals). Solid black patches mark the pasture lands across the south and east, while stippling and hatching describe forest and grain zones. Products such as rubber, coffee, cacao, wine and maize are lettered across the regions. The Amazon, Rio Negro and Rio Madeira are drawn, and Manaos, Para, Sao Paulo, Santos and Rio de Janeiro are named, along with the neighboring countries and the Steenbokskeerkring (Tropic of Capricorn) and Equator. A small inset at lower left carries the note "Tierra del Brasil, in 1500 ontdekt door de Portugeezen". A bold block title "BRAZIL" runs along the foot, beside a compass rose and a square-rigged ship at the lower right.

Burki trained as an architect and was born in the Dutch East Indies, and his postwar maps for Dutch publishers combine economic information with strong graphic design.

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