Title: The New Map of the North of the Coast of Brazil Showing Distances of the Pará and Amazon Rivers

Description

• This early-19th century pen-and-ink watercolor map of the northern coast of Brazil shows the Pará River, an estuary of the Amazon that empties into the Atlantic to the southeast of the main river delta.

Language

• Portuguese

Title in Original Language

• A nova carta do norte da costa do Brazil mostrando a entrada rumos e distancia do Rio do Para e Amazonas

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Brazil > Pará

Time

• 1800 CE - 1849 CE

Topic

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

Additional Subjects

• Amazon River;
• Atlantic Coast (Brazil);
• Brazil -- History -- Colonial Period, 1500-1822;
• Rivers

Type of Item

• Maps

Physical Description

• 1 pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map ; 62.5 x 77 centimeters

Institution

• National Library of Brazil

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/brrjbn.996