1757 Nicolas Bellin Original Antique Map of Brazil, South America Canada For under it lys such

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This large hand coloured original antique map a coastal sea chart of the south west coast of Sumatra

Given to the City of London Corporation by his son King Edward VI for use as an orphanage and place of correction for wayward women

The map centres on the city of Frankfurt stretches along the Rhine River from Koblenz in the North to Speir in the South

Verso: - Light age toning

1757 Nicolas Bellin Original Antique Map of Brazil, South America Canada For under it lys suchTitle : Carte Du Bresil.. Ref #: 61101 Size: 15in x 10in (380mm x 255mm) Date : 1757 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, original copper plate engraved antique map of Brazil, South America by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in 1757 was published in Antoine Franois Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746 1790. The land now called Brazil was claimed for the Portuguese Empire on 22