Das Norder Theil des Lands Brasilien - Antique map

Author: De Bry, Theodor

Publisher: Merian, Matthias

Published: Frankfurt am Main

Publishing year: 1630

Brazil."Das Norder Theil des Lands Brasilien. Darinn die fürnemsten Hafen angedeütet werden, als zu Parayba, Pernambuco, Todos os Santos und andere". Orig. copper-engraving after T. De Bry. Published by M. Merian in Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1635. With 2 cartouches and many ships. 35,5:45 cm (14 x 17 3/4 inch.).

A scene of the Dutch attack on the Portuguese colony of Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1630. With an inset chart of the coast of Brazil displayed on a roll above, showing the coastal contours near Recife.

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