Brazil, which Coast is a Portuguese Possession, Divided into Fourteen Captaincies, Showing the Middle of the Country Inhabited by Many Unknown Peoples

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 Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667 Creator cartographic map cartographic image xx monographic Paris Chez Pierre Mariette 1656 fre 1 online resource. 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. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 hand colored map ; 39 x 54 centimeters. 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 Brazil 912 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.1200 2021668385 DLC 210708 20250607110301.1 22131937 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng