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Map of Brazil, 1630 – This beautiful map was a collaboration between Hessel Gerritsz, official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company, and Johannes de Laet, director of the newly formed Dutch West India Company. Their maps of South America laid the foundations for many other cartographers. The detail is limited to the coasts and includes the captaincies. The interior is filled with a large title cartouche and distance scales, and the map is further embellished with a compass rose pointing north to the right of the map. “Provincia de Brasil cum Adiacentibus Provinciis”, Gerritsz/De Laet
Map of Brazil from 1630
This beautiful map was a collaboration between Hessel Gerritsz, official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company, and Johannes de Laet, director of the newly formed Dutch West India Company.
His maps of South America laid the foundations for many other cartographers.
The detail is limited to the coastline and includes the captaincies. The interior is filled with a large title cartouche and distance scales, and the map is further embellished with a compass rose, with north to the right of the map. “Provincia de Brasil cum Adiacentibus Provinciis”, Gerritsz/De Laet
Map of Brazil from 1630 – Historical Maps of Brazil
Written by Willy Sievert
Editor of Bahia.ws since its founding in 2009. Based in Salvador, he travels frequently across the Northeast and all of Brazil to keep the guides up to date. Learn more about Willy Sievert →
