Map of Mauritsstad, Recife and environs

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Map of Mauritsstad, Recife and environs

Marcgraf, Georg / Blaeu sr., Joan / Post, Frans

Map of Mauritsstad, Recife and environs.

Mauritiopolis, Reciffa et Circumiacentia Castra.

Bottom right: no: 40.

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Is part of:

Brun, fort do Ernest, fort Waerdenburgh, fort (Recife) Effogados, fort de Waterkasteel, fort (Recife) Juffrouw de Bruyn Frederik Hendrik, fort (Boavista) Recife Antigo Affogados Maurisstad

Creator

Marcgraf, Georg (assigned to land surveyor / mapmaker)

Blaeu sr., Joan (publisher)

Post, Frans (assigned to land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1647

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

41 x 53 cm41 x 53 cm

Number

1043 B 14, na p. 146 no. 40

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, fortification, compass / dial, building, anchorage / pier / harbour, garden / ornamental garden, bridge

Inscription

Mauritiopolis, Reciffa et Circumiacentia Castra

Sources and literature

Barlaeus, Caspar, Rerum per octennium in Brasilia: et alibi nuper gestarum, sub præfectura illustrissimi comitis I. Mavritii [...] historia (1647)