Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
C-7103
Record number:
C-7103
JCB call number:
Cabinet Gl73 SeG
Image title:
Recens elaborata Mappa Geographica Regni Brasiliae in America Meridionali
Creator 1:
Matthäus Seutter
Creator 1 dates:
1678-1757
Place image published:
Augustae Vind. [Augsburg]
Image date:
[ca. 1730]
Image function:
separate map
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
49.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
55.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
50.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
59 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin, Portuguese
Description:
Map of Brazil including Amazon River south to Paraguay. Cartographic elements include topographical details, compass rose, scales, degrees of latitude and longitude. Decorative cartouche includes blacks [slaves] preparing sugar cane, sugar cones, rolls of tobacco, and men smoking pipes.
notes:
A re-drawing of Joan Blaeu's Nova et accurata totius Brasiliae tabula, ca. 1650.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities; Geography, maps, city views and plans
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject headings:
Brazil--Maps
References:
Sandler, C. Matthäus Seutter, p. 10; Phillips, P.L. Atlases, 5977, no. [142]; British Museum Printed Maps 3/263; William L. Clements Library 2/368
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1971.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Commentary:

Recens elaborata Mappa Geographica Regni Brasiliae in America Meridionali