Brazil. Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) Recens Elaborata Mappa Geographica Regni Brasiliae. Augsburg: Seutter, [c. 1730]. Double-page folio copper-plate engraved map printed on paper, with the counties along the coast colored by hand in reds and green, the greens having bled through, visible on the verso, central fold, some marginal water stains, mainly confined to the blank margin outside of the leftmost border, one stain visible in bottom left corner, slight foxing, unframed, 25 x 20 3/4 in. This map of Brazil, after the Blaeu Atlas original, depicts the east coast of Brazil from the mouth of the Amazon river south to Paraguay; it includes a decorative cartouche which depicts native Brazilians smoking pipes, surrounded by regional natural resources, including sugar loaves, corn, brazilwood, and tobacco.
Brazil. Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) Recens Elaborata Mappa Geographica Regni Brasiliae. Augsburg: Seutter, [c. 1730]. Double-page folio copper-plate engraved map printed on paper, with the counties along the coast colored by hand in reds and green, the greens having bled through, visible on the verso, central fold, some marginal water stains, mainly confined to the blank margin outside of the leftmost border, one stain visible in bottom left corner, slight foxing, unframed, 25 x 20 3/4 in. This map of Brazil, after the Blaeu Atlas original, depicts the east coast of Brazil from the mouth of the Amazon river south to Paraguay; it includes a decorative cartouche which depicts native Brazilians smoking pipes, surrounded by regional natural resources, including sugar loaves, corn, brazilwood, and tobacco.
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