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Brasil.
A fantastic pictorial map of Brazil, shown north to the right. This graphic woodblock map, prepared by the great Venetian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi and is filled with...
Place & Date: Venice about 1556
Selling price: $650
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Brasil.
A fantastic pictorial map of Brazil, shown north to the right. This graphic woodblock map, prepared by the great Venetian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi and is filled with...
Place & Date: Venice ca. 1556
Selling price: $1000
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Brasil nuova tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of Brazil. West to the top.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
Brasilia
A map of Brazil from "Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum, sive Occidentis Notitia" published in 1597. First edition, paper size 30 x 37 cm, map size: 28.4 cm x...
Place & Date: 1597
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016
Brasilia.
Very rare sixteenth century map of Brazil.Published in the German edition of José de Acosta's De Natura Nova Orbis, first published in Salamanca, 1588. Acosta was a Span...
Place & Date: Cologne 1598
Selling price: $470
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Descriptio Brasiliae / Brasilia.
A rare miniature map of Brazil. Title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engra...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2016
![[The battle between rival indians near Bertioga].](/uploads/cache/39414-250x250.jpg)
[The battle between rival indians near Bertioga].
An epic struggle between theTupinambá tribe and their enemy - the Tupiniki tribe.The battle lasted about two hours, during which time both sides howled at each other lik...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2018
![[A Portuguese ship comes to look for Staden].](/uploads/cache/39416-250x250.jpg)
[A Portuguese ship comes to look for Staden].
Hans Staden was a German soldier and explorer, who travelled to South America during the mid 16th century. Whilst there he was captured by native Indians in Brazil. He su...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2018
Aenwysinge van de Stadt Salvador, ende de Baya de Todos Los Santtos.
Extremely rare map of Salvador and Baia de Todos os Santos (Bay of Saints) published by the The Hague publisher Henricus Hondius (not to confuse with the Amsterdam H.Hond...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1624
Selling price: $2100
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Provincia de Brasil cum Adiacentibvs Provinciis.
Detailed map of eastern and northern coastline of Brazil. North is to the right. Primarily coastal towns and islands are shown.Scarce map prepared by Hessel Gerritsz (158...
Place & Date: Leiden, Elzevier, 1625
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2013
![[The Portuguese settlement in Brazil, at the Island of St. Vincent].](/uploads/cache/40186-250x250.jpg)
[The Portuguese settlement in Brazil, at the Island of St. Vincent].
Panoramic view of the Portuguese settlement in Brazil, at the Island of St. Vincent. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Selling price: $100
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![[Dutch fleet reaches Rio de Janeiro.]](/uploads/cache/40062-250x250.jpg)
[Dutch fleet reaches Rio de Janeiro.]
In 1599, the Dutch fleet, under the command of Oliver van Noort, reached an island in the natural harbour of Rio de Janeiro. On this island there was a town, as marked (C...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Selling price: $100
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![[Indian Cannibalism.]](/uploads/cache/40063-250x250.jpg)
[Indian Cannibalism.]
While Staden was still in captivity, he witnessed more cannibalism. Because the Tupinamba Indians said he was too ugly, they cut off the head and threw it away. They also...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2017
![[Straden is captured by Indians.]](/uploads/cache/40064-250x250.jpg)
[Straden is captured by Indians.]
In 1552, while Staden was out hunting with his guide, not far from the fort at Bertioga, he found himself surrounded by shouting Indians. Although the guide escaped, Stad...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Selling price: $100
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![[How the Tupi Indians roasted their meat.]](/uploads/cache/40476-250x250.jpg)
[How the Tupi Indians roasted their meat.]
The Indians set up a grill, consisting of four posts set in the ground. They were as thick as a man’s arm and had a fork at the top, across which sticks were laid to fo...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Selling price: $85
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![[A broth is made from the intestines].](/uploads/cache/41113-250x250.jpg)
[A broth is made from the intestines].
The women make a thick soup from the intestines and the head, which is shared it out among themselves and their children. After killing the prisoner, the chief gave himse...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2018
Das Norder theil des Lands Brasilien.
The map, displayed on a roll above, shows the coastal contours, with place-names along the Brazilian coast near Recife, and below is a bird?s-eye view of the siege with s...
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1633-1634
Selling price: $460
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\"Olinda\" and \"Olinda de Phernambuco\".
Above, this shows a view of the town of Olinda, with two figures in the foreground displaying a cloth on which are displayed fourteen places by name. Below an offshore vi...
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1633-1634
Selling price: $350
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Novus Brasilia Typus.
Glorious map of Brazil by Willem Blaeu. Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among 39 other copper plates,purchased by Wi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2017
Novus Brasiliae Typus.
A decorative map with a title cartouche of two natives: in the interior is an inset of Baya de todos os Sanctos (Salvador), indigenous wild life and cannibal scenes. Orig...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2022
S. Salvator in Brasilien
Cooper engraved view of Salvador, Bahia in Brazil from D. Meissner "Sciographia Cosmica" printed 1638 in Nuremberg. With Latin and German aphorism and sailing b...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1638
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2009
Abbildung der Statt und Festung Parayba in der Landschaft Brasilia.
A splendid map of the region of Paraiba and the forts at the mouth of the Paraiba. The map illustrates the Dutch incursion into the Portuguese territory and shows the Dut...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1639
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2015
Accuratissima BRASILIAE Tabula.
A decorative map with a title cartouche of two natives, in the interior is an inset of Baya de Todos os Sanctos (Salvador) and "Villa d'Olinda de Pernambuco", i...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1639
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2013
Grondt-Tekening van het Eylandt ANTHONY VAAZ het Reciff ende vaste Landt aen de haven van PERNAMBUCO in Brasil..
EXTREMELY RARE MAP engraved by Willem Hondius and published by Claes Jansz. Visscher.A detailed map of the Island of Anthony Vaaz. In upper left corner an inset of Fort d...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1640
Selling price: $3025
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Novus Brasiliae Typus.
A decorative map with a title cartouche of two natives: in the interior is an inset of Baya de todos os Sanctos (Salvador), indigenous wild life and cannibal scenes. Orig...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1640
Selling price: $800
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Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula.
Early map of Brazil showing settlements, coastal features, and the hereditary captaincies of the 17th century. The named cities include Sao Sebastian (Rio de Janeiro), Sa...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1640
Selling price: $1750
Sold in 2011
Acuritisima Brasilia Tabula.
A very decorative, desirable map of Brazil. The work is filled with native scenes depicting various activities, including a cannibalism ritual and villagers tending to a ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1642
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2008
Áfbeeldinge vande Cabo St. Augustin Met haer forten.
The taking of the Portuguese settlement at Cape St. Augustin by a Dutch fleet. From I. Commelin's work on the history of the Dutch in Brasil.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1645
Selling price: $380
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t' Neemen van de Suyker Prysen in de Bay de Tode los Santos Anno 1627.
Nice copper engraving of the Dutch fleet under command of Piet Heyn capturing the fort at the entrance to the Baia de Todos os Santos, in northeastern Brazil. Large inset...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1645
Selling price: $330
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Brasilia.
An important map of Brazil by the famous Dutch publishing house of Blaeu.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2019
Brasilia.
Fine copy of this map by Krystof Arciszewski, a Polish general who worked for the Dutch West Indian Company. The map perpetuates various myths including the Parime Lago ,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1647
Selling price: $630
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Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis.
EXTREMELY RARE issue, printed for C.Barlaeus, and before included in the Blaeu Atlas Major. Extends from the Rio San Francisco to the Rio Gujaraigacu.This map is one the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Selling price: $2000
Sold in 2008
Boa vista.
EXTREMELY RARE issue, printed for C.Barlaeus.This plate is one the first views of Brazil based on Dutch rather than Portuguese interest. The drawing was made by Frans Pos...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Selling price: $2000
Sold in 2008
Loanda S.Pauli.
Attractive coastal view of the island of Luanda (Angola). The name means "flat land" as the island has no mountains and is comprised only of sand deposited by t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Selling price: $3100
Sold in 2008
Praefecturae de ciriii vel seregippe delrey cum Itapuama.
EXTREMELY RARE issue, printed for C.Barlaeus, and before included in the atlas. This map is one the first maps of Brazil based on Dutch rather than Portuguese interest. T...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Selling price: $2000
Sold in 2008
![[Lot of a portrait of Johan Maurits Count of Nassau-Siegen and title page both from Rerum per octennium in Brasilia. ]](/uploads/cache/48309-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of a portrait of Johan Maurits Count of Nassau-Siegen and title page both from Rerum per octennium in Brasilia. ]
Title page and portrait taken from the rare work about Brasil "Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum, sub præfectura illustrissimi comitis J. Maur...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2022
Civitas Loandae S. Pauli.
Map of the city of Luanda. Taken from Archontologia Cosmica... Primo opera & studio Jo. Ludovici Gotofredi, ex gallico per nobiliss. D.T.V.Y.... nunc continuati a G.C...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1649
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
Capitaniarum de Phernambuca, Itamaraca, Paraiba..
Rare map of part of the coast of Brazil. Much information is derived from maps drawn for the Dutch West Indian Company.Published by the famous Amsterdam publisher Johanne...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1650
Selling price: $700
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Capitaniae de cirii et Parnambuco.
Rare map of part of the coast of Brazil. From Janssonius' 'Atlas Novus'. Rare. Title in a decorated frame at top right, flanked by allegorical figures, and scale bars in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Selling price: $1150
Sold in 2009
Capitaniae de cirii et Parnambuco.
Rare map of part of the coast of Brazil. From Janssonius' 'Atlas Novus'. Rare. Title in a decorated frame at top right, flanked by allegorical figures, and scale bars in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2013