Title: Brazil: of the Noble Class, of Loves, and of Letters…

Description

• This map of Brazil is the work of Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), one of the most famous Dutch cartographers. Blaeu was trained as a lawyer, but eventually joined the Amsterdam studio of his father, the cartographer Willem Blaeu. Together with his father and brother Cornelis, Joan Blaeu published the Atlas Novus (New atlas), an 11-volume work consisting of 594 maps. Joan Blaeu later became the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company.

Cartographer

• Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)

Publication Information

• Amsterdam, Holland

Language

• Latin

Title in Original Language

• Brasilia: front generis nobilitate armerum et litterarum...

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Brazil

Time

• 1500 CE - 1699 CE

Topic

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

Additional Subjects

• Brazil -- History -- Dutch Domain, 1624-1654;
• Coasts

Type of Item

• Maps

Physical Description

• 1 color map; 38.6 x 50 centimeters em f. 53,5 x62,2cm.

Institution

• National Library of Brazil

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/brrjbn.1074