18th century Italian map of Brazil

ALBRIZZI, Giovanni Battista.

Carta Geografica Del Bresil.
Venice, c.1740, coloured, 330 x 430mm

A detailed map of Brazil from the 'Atlante Novissimo, with a decorative cartouche of woodsmen sawing logs.
The notes on the map, in Italian, include various conjectural remarks about the geography and the people, of the interior of Brazil, which was largely unknown to Europeans at that time.


Stock ID : 21104