Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis
"Office of Pernambuco Southern Region" (caption translation). This engraving of a map of Brazil includes an inset image showing a group of slaves fishing with nets or seines. The activity of the man in the wooden tower is unclear, but he may be an overseer of enslaved people. Frans Post and Georg Marcgraf made this engraving. Frans Janszoon Post (1612–1680) was a Dutch painter. In 1636, he traveled to Dutch Brazil where he produced a large number of sketches and etchings, but only completed six paintings. In his lifetime, he made 140 paintings. The paintings he produced in Brazil differ from those he painted after he left Brazil. Georg Marcgraf (1610–c.1644) was a German cartographer and astronomer who also traveled to Dutch Brazil.
Image Title
Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis
RegID
SI-OB-978
Date
1662
Title
Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis
Source
Joan Blaeu, Atlas maior, sive, Cosmographia Blaviana: Qua solum, salum, cœlum, accuratissime describuntur, vol. 11 (Amstelædami: Labore & sumptibus Ioannis Blaeu, 1662), between p. 243 and 245.
Language
Portuguese
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Brazil--Pernambuco
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
25-Jan-11; 4-Sep-19
Identifier
blaeu05b