Antique Maps Leen Helmink Antique map of Brazil by Ramusio Click here or on the image for high resolution photos and scans. MAKER Ramusio TITLE BRASIL ATLAS Delle Navigazione e Viaggi PLACE ISSUED Venice FIRST EDITION 1556 THIS EDITION SIZE (hxw cms) 28.0 x 37.0 AREA SHOWN Brasil ENGRAVER Jacopo Gastaldi TECHNIQUE Woodcut VERSO blank PAGE NUMBER 356 SIGNATURE COLOURING black/white CONDITION The overall quality of this antique map is excellent SPECIFIC Second state, with white spots because by this time the woodblock had been affected by termites. REFERENCES Sabin 67740. Tooley & Bricker p.214. (Bibliography) GENERAL Extremely early and inaccurate explorer's map of Brazil. The inland is virtually unknown. The Amazon and the Rio de Plata originate from a working Volcano deep in the jungle. Beyond that is TERRA NON DESCOPERTA. There is more pictorial than geographical information. Along the coast, Portuguese and French visitors are seen together with local indians. The ocean is filled with French and Portuguese ships, with fish and with monsters. A splendid museum piece. "In Giambattista Ramusio's not very accurate map of Brazil, 'Ponente', or the west, is at the top. Modern Rio de Janeiro is south of 'C. frio' (Cabo Frio), and Salvador or Bahia, at 'C. de todos Santos.' The map appeared in the third volume (published in Venice in 1556) of Ramusio's collection of explorer's narratives called 'Delle navigazione e viaggi'. Despite the charming but slightly misleading quality of the maps, Volume III of Ramusio is a prime source of information about American exploration." (Tooley & Bricker). "Highly pictorial woodcut map of Brazil based on Gastaldi. West is at the top, with the mouth of the Plata at the far left. The map's ethnological vignettes include an extremely early depiction of the hammock, for which the Brazilian Indians are famous, and the parrot. Hunting and domestic scenes abound, but Ramusio has spared the viewer the cannibal cliche already popularized on other maps." (Suarez). GUARANTEE We do not sell reproductions. We guarantee that this is a genuine and original antique map that was published on or near the given date. A certificate of authentication is provided on request. Price € 1000 Antique Maps Leen Helmink