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V Symposium- International Society for
Faden Maps Puzzel
the History of the Map
June 12-13, 2020 Maps about colonial Brazil in the British
Archives and “Colombia Prima”
cartography

Carmem Marques Rodrigues

PhD Student in History (UFMG/CAPES)
Chevalier
Pinto?
Luís Pinto de Sousa
Coutinho, Viscount
Balsemão
Fonte: Mappa topografico das vizinhanças de Villabella, desde as fontes do rio Guaporè
athè o marco do rio Jaurù, formado das derotas, observaçoens que fez e noticias que
daquelle paiz adquirio o Governador que foi dessa Capitania de Matogrosso Luis Pinto
de Souza Coutinho. – [Escala ca 1:1 000 000]. 1 grau de latitude = [10,7 cm]. – [Entre 1775
e 1799]. – 1 mapa : ms., color. ; 29x34 cm, em folha de 32x43 cm. BPMP.

Fonte: CARVALHO, Francismar. Lealdades negociadas.

São Paulo: Usp, Tese, 2012, p.12
 Extraordinary
envoy and
Plenipotentiary
Minister of
Portugal in London
Robert Southey
“I am promised access to
the Kings Library where
(1774-1788)
there is a fine collection of
the rarest Portugueze
books, the present of a
former Embassador.”
The Portuguese books
were the gift of Luis Pinto
Propagandist of the
Portuguese conquest
“In Britain he [Luís Pinto de Sousa
Coutinho] had provided William
Robertson with information of South
America for Robertson’s famous
history, a service he had also provided
for Abbé Raynal some years earlier”
FURTADO, J e MONTEIRO, N. Raynal and the defence of the
Portuguese colonization of Brazil: diplomacy and the Memoirs of the
Visconde de Balsemão. Análise Social, liv 1.º, 2019 n.º 230, p. 7
British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints,
Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and
topographical collection attached to the

Library of his late

Majesty King
George III...
Copies
The British Library holds 08 copies of this
map.

➔ 02 copies the edition of 1807.

One copie of each edition

➔ 1818
➔ 1823
➔ 1828 - from this moment publish by
J. Wyld
➔ 1850
➔ 1851
➔ 1872
Copies and their uses
The National Archives holds 05 copies in three
different files sections:

➔ Foreign Office
◆ 1807
◆ 1823
◆ 1824
➔ War Office
◆ 1807
➔ Maps and Plans from Public Record Office
◆ 1807
Why search for Maps of
Brazil in the British
archives?
Colombia Prima’s Copies

08 10

Related Maps
Western Manuscripts
Colombia Prima’s Copies Related Maps
Three different sections

05 02 14

Faden’s Maps
Other maps, including one
Atlas with compilations of
99 maps by Faden
Nautical Charts
A New Chart of the NORTH COAST
OF BRAZIL from SEARA TO ISLAND
OF SAN JOAO BAPTISTA

Surveyed by Joze Patriceo, Pilot;

engraved by James Tyrer,
Pentonville, London; published by
William Faden, Geographer to His
Majesty and to His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross,
London, 4 June 1809
Brasil
Northern South America. 'Nova Carta
da America Meridional': map on two
sheets, together covering the
continent from the Isthmus of
Panama as far south as the River Plate
(Río de la Plata) estuary. Scale: 1 inch
to about 9 leagues. Signed by Luiz
d'Albuquerque de Mello Pereira e
Caceres. D'Albuquerque dedicated
the map to the Prince of Brazil [i.e.
Dom João (afterwards King John VI of
Portugal and Brazil) who received this
title in 1788].
V Symposium- International Society for the
Thank You
History of the Map
June 12-13, 2020 carmemmarquesrod@gmail.com

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