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Reference 12969
This very rare coastal map of Brazil, issued separately, is based on Joan Blaeu's monumental 1647 wall map of Dutch Brazil. This sheet is the lower left part of the wall map compiled by the German scholar Georg Marggraf. The map shows the coastline of Brazil from Rio de San Francisco to S. Sebastian within a representation of a horn of plenty.
Blaeu's wall map was titled Brasilia qua parte paret Belgis and is based on fresh topographical data collected by Dutch explorers, including insights from Georg Marcgraf's 1643 map. Marcgraf's original map not only outlined the northeast coast of Brazil, an area under the control of the Dutch West Indies Company from 1624 to 1654, but also featured striking illustrations executed by Frans Post. These illustrations depicted opulent sugar mill plantations and scenes of harmonious interaction between indigenous peoples and Dutch settlers.
The map described here is the lower left part of Blaeu's wall map. It is likely that this section was separately re-engraved and re-issued as part of a 9-sheet wall map by Rombout Van Den Hoeye in 1652. Van den Hoeye's printing plates were probably used again by Clemendt de Jonghe when he re-issued the wall map in 1664. Also Hugo Allard reissues the den Hoeye map in 1659. (Source: www.raremaps.com, Georg Marcgraf / Rombout Van Den Hoeye "Brasilia qua parte paret Belgis")
Georg Marcgrave (1610-1644) was a notable German naturalist, explorer and astronomer. His posthumously published work, "Historia Naturalis Brasiliae", stands as a significant contribution to early modern science.
Cartographer | Willem Janszoon Blaeu |
Title | Maritima Brasiliae Universae - Qua Patet Orbis |
Publisher, Year | Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1647 [1652] |
Plate Size | 39.1 x 52.8 cm (15.4 x 20.8 inches) |
Sheet Size | 50.0 x 60.0 cm (19.7 x 23.6 inches) |
Reference | Whitehead, Peter: The Marcgraf Map of Brazil, The Map Collector 40 (1987). |
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