Sinus Omnium Sanctoru (Bahia or San Salvador, Brazil).

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• ARTIST: Arnoldus Montanus

• PUBLISHER: Published by Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1671

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.8 x 35.2 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: From Montanus' "De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America". This view shows the Bay of All Saints in Brazil. Known as Sao Salvador, or Bahia, the town was founded by the Portuguese in 1549. It flourished with the development of the sugar plantations and became an important political and economic center in colonial Brazil.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 12.5 x 15 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Central - South America, and the West Indies , South America