Historic Map : Black Map of Brazil, Version 2, 1851, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 32in Covers from the Great Desert

Covers from the Great Desert of Selima south to Donga and west through the "Dominons of a Princes called Ibbe"

being renamed Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration

sought after by conquistador Francisco de Coronado in 1541

Johnson's 1866 map of Kentucky and Tennessee

is depicted in the upper right quadrant of this sheet

Historic Map : Black Map of Brazil, Version 2, 1851, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 32in Covers from the Great DesertThis is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1851 map of Brazil. It covers the South American countries of Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Guyana. Under emperor Dom Pedro I Brazil had declared itself indecent of Portugal roughly 29 turbulent years earlier. As this map was being drawn, Brazil found itself enmeshed in the Platine War. Also known as the 'War Against Oribe and Rosas,' the Platine War was fought between Argentina and the alliance of