Historic Map : Colton Map of Brazil and Guyana, Version 2, 1856, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in England and Environs

England and Environs

Chart of National Flags

San Buenaventura

or Novaya Zemlya

Engraved in a highly unusual topographic style

Historic Map : Colton Map of Brazil and Guyana, Version 2, 1856, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in England and EnvironsAn excellent 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Brazil, British Guyana, French Guyana (Cayenne), and Dutch Guyana (Surinam). Covers from Venezuela to Uruguay and from the Amazon basin to the Atlantic. Inset maps in lower left quadrant detail Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro. Brazil was a this time an empire under the control of Pedro II. Much of the 1850s was a period of Prosperity for Brazil due to Pedro's maturation and consolidation of