Rio De Janeiro

An elaborate map of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, designed by M. Barral, naval vessel lieutenant under the command of the rear-admiral M. le Baron Hyde de Neuville, and engraved by Jean Francois Caplin. The original map from 1826-1827 was redone with various additional corrections in 1843, 1851, 1866, 1868, and 1869. This is the first map to offer a comprehensive survey of the Bay of Rio. Previous...

Place: Paris
Date: 1847
Size: 96x66,5
Item Number: 7937

(25,3 x 34,7 cm). [English description below] Linda vista de Rio de Janeiro, desde la iglesia de la Gloria al sur de la ciudad. En el primer plano, se nota el contraste entre una vegetación tropical exuberante y una pareja vestida a la moda european, saludando a un monje franciscano; una escena típica del romanticismo tropical valorado por Johann Moritz Rugendas, qué va en contra de la oposición entre...

Place: Schaffhausen
Date: 1836
Item Number: 8403

(25,3 x 34,7 cm). Important lithography of Johann Moritz Rugendas depicting a slave market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under a porch. On the right side, the owner appears to show the teeth of an enslaved African to a potential buyer; on the left, another Western-clad visitor shares a tense stare with a slave; a group of Black women are cooking; a young man draws a ship on the wall. The harsh condition...

Place: Schaffhausen
Date: 1836
Item Number: 8400