Impero Brasiliano – dalle piú recenti mappe e dall`Amer. di J. A. Buchon per l`Atlante St. Geog. Polit. Letterario di A le Sage edizione di Girolamo Tasso in Venezia.

Cartographer(s): Girolamo Tasso, Jean Alexandre Buchon
Date: 1825
Place: Venice
Dimensions: 53 x 38.5 cm (20.9 x 15.2 in)
Condition Rating: VG+

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One of the first maps of Brazil as an independent empire.

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Copper engraving of the newly independent Empire of Brazil, which was established in 1822 in the wake of the Portuguese court’s exile in Brazil during the Napoleonic wars. When the Portuguese king returned home, he left his son in charge of the crown colony. But Pedro I (known as Pedro IV in Portugal) declared independence from his homeland and established the Empire of Brazil, with himself as Emperor. Brazil’s autonomy was cemented in the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, signed in 1825, the same year this map was published.

The map is a fine copper engraving carved by B. de Beaupre and hand-colored before publication. It divides Brazil into its various regions/states, including an extensive toponymy covering natural features like rivers and mountains. The map itself is surrounded by descriptive text in Italian, which provides information on Brazil’s climate, resource profile, riverine infrastructure, cities and towns, and local history.

 

Continents of change

The map was issued in the Italian edition of “Les Deux Ameriques” (1825), Buchon’s adaptation of Carey & Lea’s Atlas of North and South America, published in Philadelphia in 1822. Theatals was extremely important because it provided an urgently needed update on American geography. Within the United States, it details the formation of states and territories in the early 19th century. Central and South America were undergoing massive changes in these years, being in the throes of revolutionary change. Primary among these changes was the independence of Brazil and the establishment of the first South American empire.

Cartographer(s):

Girolamo Tasso Jean Alexandre Buchon

Jean Alexandre Buchon (1791-1849) was a French scholar and historian. Born into the French Revolution, Buchon was dedicated to recovering France’s history to help the country heal and regain its international status. He gathered French stories and published them as part of his Collection des chroniques nationales franciases… (4 vols, 1824-1829). In geography, his most important contribution was the publication of the French edition of Carey & Lea’s American Atlas in 1825. Each page of the atlas included highly detailed text about the state or territory depicted and a map of the area.

Condition Description

Excellent.

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