1550 Map of South America labeled in German, geographic features otherwise in Latin. Relief shown pictorially.

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South America 1575

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1547 Map of Brazil by the French Carthographer Nicolas Vallard

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The Southern Part of South America (1592)

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The Cantino Planisphere was composed in 1502 and is the oldest surviving map to portray the recent Portuguese exploration of Brazil. It also maps Africa with striking accuracy.

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The "Inexplicable Map" of Piri Reis, 1513. The map shows the western coasts of North Africa, the coast of Brazil and (very oddly) an ice-free Antarctica, long before Antartica was officially discovered.

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1558 map of Brazil and West Africa by the Portuguese Cartographer Diogo Homen

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Spanish Governates in South America 1534-1539

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1555 Map of Brazil by the French cartographer Guillaume Le Testu.

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(Probably) the first modern atlas from 1570. South America looks a little fat, but really, it's a beautiful piece of map

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Map by Sebastian Münster circa 1550 - the first printed map of the Americas shown completely separate to Asia. Zipangri is modern day Japan. Brazil is portrayed as land of the cannibals and Argentina as land of the giants.

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1558 Map of Brazil and South America by the Portuguese Cartographer Diogo Homen.

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Brazil-16-map

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A old map of Venezuela back 1528 Germany had a colony here until 1546

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Brazil 16thc map

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Since it seems you like historical maps.. This one was made around 1513 in Turkey, you can clearly see the coast of modern day Brazil.

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1599 Guyana Hondius

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Rio de Plata Region of South America - 1597

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Mercator 1569 world map detail animals

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Mercator 1569 world map detail cannibals

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Mercator 1569 world map detail giants

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Divisiones coloniales de Tierra Firme 1538

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Terra Nova by Girolamo Ruscelli

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1565 Brasil Ramusio Delle Navigationi vol3 pp427-428

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1565 Cusco Ramusio Delle Navigationi vol3 pp411-412

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1580 Tenerife Colombia RAH

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El Reino de Chile y la Gobernación del Río de la Plata (1592) - AHG

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1600 Map of America & Western Hemisphere

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Map South America

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Map of Peru, New Granada, Florida and Eastern Mexico (1587)

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Northeastern South America

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Southeastern South America, Straits of Magellan

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Vallard Atlas 1547 6 Brazil Africa Atlantic Ocean

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Venezuela, cum parte Auftrali Novae Andalausiae

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