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Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2011. 191 pp. Illustr. Very good copy. Hardcover. Dutch language. Important Dutch manuscript-atlas from the National Archive in The Hague, with detailed maps of the Brazilian Cost. Brazil. With extensive introduction in Dutch.

Condizione: Very Good.

[Zutphen], Walburg Pers, [2011]. 191 pp. Num. ills (few in b./w.). Orig. hardcover (pictorial boards). 4to.Cane sugar is also considered the white gold of the seventeenth century. The Portuguese colony of Brazil at the time was the world's largest producer of sugar cane, from which raw sugar was made locally for the European market. Such a product required hundreds of plantations, thousands of workers, many ships and, of course, European buyers. For example, Europe as a consumer, West Africa as a slave supplier and Brazil as a sugar producer were closely linked. However, an important manuscript atlas in the National Archives in The Hague has long escaped the attention of historians. This atlas contains a number of detailed hydrographic maps, views and descriptions of the Brazilian coast. In Map of Dutch Brazil, this unique manuscript atlas is published for the first time. In addition, the Dutch presence in Brazil and the wealth of knowledge that this has generated is extensively discussed. - Dutch text.…

Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2011. Boards. With many coloured illustrations and maps. 191 pp.