An uncommon 19th century Spanish sea chart of Pernambuco

NOGUERA, Juan.

Carta Esferica de la Rada de Pernambuco y sus inmediaciones en la Costa del Brasil levantada en 1819 por la Comison Hidrografica al mando del Contra-Almirante Francis Baron Roussin.
Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1845-54. 630 x 480mm.

Some spotting in margins.

A detailed chart of the coastline of the Brazilian Province of Pernambuco, based on the survey of 1819 by Albin Reine Roussin (1781-1854), the French admiral and statesman, but updated to 1854. Such is the scale that the charts shows only from just north of Olinda to Santo Agostino, with Recife.


Stock ID : 12507