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Map Map of the City of Rio de Janeiro, with the Essential Part of the Port and All Fortified Places. Plano da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com a parte mais essencial do seu porto e todos os lugares forteficados

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Title

  • Map of the City of Rio de Janeiro, with the Essential Part of the Port and All Fortified Places.

Other Title

  • Plano da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com a parte mais essencial do seu porto e todos os lugares forteficados

Summary

  • This manuscript map shows the city of Rio de Janeiro spread along the shores of Guanabara Bay. The map, which is the work of José Correia Rangel de Bulhões, emphasizes the defenses of the city and the port. Rio de Janeiro displaced Salvador as Brazil's most important port after gold and diamonds were discovered in nearby Minas Gerais province in 1720. The city became the colonial capital in 1763.

Names

  • Bulhões, José Correia Rangel de, flourished 1749-1800 Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1796.

Headings

  • -  Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Niterói
  • -  1796
  • -  Guanabara Bay (Brazil)
  • -  Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 manuscript map ; 47 x 63.4 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Portuguese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668335

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bulhões, José Correia Rangel De, Flourished Creator. Map of the City of Rio de Janeiro, with the Essential Part of the Port and All Fortified Places. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1796] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668335/.

APA citation style:

Bulhões, J. C. R. D. (1796) Map of the City of Rio de Janeiro, with the Essential Part of the Port and All Fortified Places. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668335/.

MLA citation style:

Bulhões, José Correia Rangel De, Flourished Creator. Map of the City of Rio de Janeiro, with the Essential Part of the Port and All Fortified Places. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1796] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668335/>.