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Title
Das norder Theil des Lands Brasilien : darinn die fürnemsten Hafen angedeütet werden, als zu Parayba, Pernambuco, Todos os Santos, und andere
Creator
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, creator
Contributor
Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Kashnor notes, "Consisting of a fine Birds-Eye View of Pernambuco and adjacent Coasts, with a fleet bombarding Pernambuco, and inset map of the Brazilian Coast, from the Island of Taperica to the Mouth of the Rio Grand." Included in the two German editions (1627, 1628) and one Latin (1634) edition of Theodor de Bry's Historiae Americanae, part 13. Kashnor (mistakenly?) dates as [Frankfort, 1631]. Pernambuco is called Recife today. Vignette: Marine battle. Submap: Brazilian coast line. MS note: 880 (on backing). Table of explanation of battle scene in German. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Extent
1 map ; 36 x 45 cm., sheet 37 x 46 cm.
Identifier
105:880 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3245
Language
German
German
Latin
Subject
Pernambuco (Brazil)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Recife (Brazil)--Historical geography--Maps
Recife (Brazil)--Early works to 1800
Time Period
[1628-1634]
Place
South America
Brazil
Paraíba (Brazil : State)
Pernambuco (Brazil)
Recife [Pernambuco]
Coast
W35°/ S8° approx.
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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