Nova carta chorographica do Imperio do Brazil : reduzida pelo bacharel Pedro Torquato Xr. de Brito, Tenente Coronel Gro. do Corpo d'Engenheiros e Socio effectivo do Instituto Polytechnico Brasileiro, da que foi confeccionada pelo Coronel Conrado Jacob de Niemeyer, e outros officiaes engenheiros em 1856
Creator
Xavier de Brito, Pedro Torquato, 1822-1880, creator Niemeyer, Conrado Jacob de, 1831-1905, cartographer
Contributor
Alvaro e Pereira, lithographer Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner
Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2475 Niemeyer, C. J. de Nova carta chorographica do Imperio do Brazil ...1856. [Rio de Janeiro], Gravada na Litha. do Archo. Militar por Alvaro e Pereira, 1867. 1 sheet. [see p.]."MS label on verso reads "Coronel Niemeyer's Map of Brazil." Probably obtained while Burton was in South America between 1865 and 1868. Prime meridian: Rio de Janeiro. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues, kilometers. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Label: Coronel Niemeyer's Map of Brazil. Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries.
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