Antique Map of Brazil by Rapkin
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Brazil
Publication: John Tallis and Company, London & New York.
Date: c.1851
Description: Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Very decorative mid-Victorian map of Brazil. Vignettes of Boats on the Rio Negro, St. Catharina, Montevideo, Cape St. Antonio, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro.
Condition: Early hand colouring, folding copy as published. Minor age discolouration.
Image size: 250 x 325mm
9.5 x 13.75" approx.
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Order No. 3725
John Rapkin (fl. 1835-65)
A nineteenth century map maker and engraver, best known for his work on the Illustrated Atlas of the World 1849-53 for John Tallis and Co. noted for their beautifully decorative borders and later re-issued by the London Printing and Publishing Co. London and New York.