02555nem a22004213i 4500 22131937 20250607110301.1 m |o c | cr ||||||||||| 210708s1656 xx |||||| a |o | fre 22131937 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-816 2021668385 (WDL)01200 DLC eng DLC fre 912 Brazil, which Coast is a Portuguese Possession, Divided into Fourteen Captaincies, Showing the Middle of the Country Inhabited by Many Unknown Peoples. Le Bresil, dont la Coste est possedée par les Portugais et divisée en quatorze Capitanieres, le Milieu du Pays est habité par un trés grand Nombre de Peuples presque tous Incogneus Paris : Chez Pierre Mariette, 1656. 1 online resource. cartographic image cri rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 hand colored map ; 39 x 54 centimeters. This coastal map of Portuguese Brazil is by one of the greatest of the French cartographers, Nicolas Sanson (1600-67). Sanson gave geography lessons to both King Louis XIII and King Louis XIV. He also was named official geographer to the king, and his two younger sons succeeded him in this position. Until Sanson, the field of cartography was dominated by the Dutch, whose maps favored aesthetics over exactness. Sanson's maps, notable for accuracy as well as elegance, marked a shift in the dominance of the field of cartography from the Netherlands to France, one that coincided with the decline of Dutch naval prominence and the rise of France as a world power. Unlike the earlier Dutch maps, Sanson's maps focused heavily on coastlines and continental boundaries. Original resource at: National Library of Brazil. Content in French. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1656 Indians of South America Indigenous peoples Jesuits Missions Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667 Creator. Brazil gdcwdl wdl_01200 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.1200 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlbrazil s-Online Electronic Resource