Pas-Kaart, Van de Zee-Kusten, van, Brazilia, Tusschen, Punto de Lucena en Cabo S. Augustino. Door Vooght, Geometra.

Amsterdam: Van Keulen, [c.1728]. . A copper engraved map on laid paper, large colour cartouches at top and bottom, map hand-coloured. Also a small sailing ship and two compass roses (North is indicated to the right of the map). Imprint in lower cartouche: 't Amsterdam, By, Iohannis Van Keulen, Boek en Zee-Kaart verkooper, aan de Niewe-brugh. Small number "13" printed in lower right corner. Plate size is 60cm x 51cm, on a sheet measuring 75cm x 61cm. Verso blank. Old stain to left side extending slightly into plate, yellow remains of old tape repairs to fold on verso, splitting along fold, tears to margins, otherwise generally very good. An attractive map with handsomely coloured cartouches. From Van Keulen's "De Nieuwe Groote Ligtende Zee-Fakkel...." [1728 - many editions]. The map is by Claes Jansz Vooght; cartouche art may be by Jan Luyken, who illustrated Van Keulen's Atlas. A map of the East coast of Brazil. The upper cartouche depicts natives with weapons: a sword & shield and a bow; the lower cartouche depicts a mermaid, a sea god, and mermen, one of whom holds a Jacob's staff.