Title: Map of the Brazilian Coast, Which Goes from Santa Ana Island to the Joatinga, Copied from a Portuguese Map and Printed on January, 1785

Description

• This Spanish map showing part of the Brazilian coast is a copy of an earlier Portuguese map. The inset map in the upper left shows the harbor of Rio de Janeiro.

Cartographer

• Cerviño, Pedro Antonio (1757-1816)

Language

• Spanish

Title in Original Language

• Carta plana de la costa del Brasil, que contiene desde las islas de Sta. Ana hasta la punta Joatinga, copiado de un original portugues impreso en el janeiro, en 1785

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro

Time

• 1700 CE - 1799 CE
• 1800 CE - 1849 CE
• 1850 CE - 1899 CE

Topic

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

Additional Subjects

• Cartography;
• Nautical charts

Type of Item

• Maps

Physical Description

• 1 manuscript map ; 35 x 52 centimeters

Institution

• National Library of Brazil

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/brrjbn.1149