Title: Region Between Amazon River and Sao Paulo

Description

• This pen-and-ink watercolor map shows the course of the Amazon River, including its minor tributaries and the towns located along its banks. Although much of the area along the Amazon was controlled by indigenous people through the early colonial period, settlers established towns along the riverbanks to support trade and exploration into Brazil’s interior. The largest of these towns was Belem, which appears on the map.

Language

• Portuguese

Title in Original Language

• Região compreendida entre o rio Amazonas e São Paulo

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Brazil

Time

• 1700 CE - 1799 CE

Topic

• History & geography > Geography & travel > Atlases, maps, charts & plans

Additional Subjects

• Amazon River;
• Atlantic Coast (Brazil);
• Brazil -- History -- Colonial Period, 1500-1822;
• Indians of South America;
• Paraguay River;
• Rivers;
• São Francisco River

Type of Item

• Maps

Physical Description

• 1 pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map; 55 x 65.5 centimeters

Institution

• National Library of Brazil

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/brrjbn.1020