Rio de Janeiro

Maps and views of Rio de Janeiro include city and harbour plans by Colton, Vandermaelen and the British Admiralty, alongside...

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Maps and views of Rio de Janeiro include city and harbour plans by Colton, Vandermaelen and the British Admiralty, alongside nineteenth- and twentieth-century panoramas and street scenes. Guanabara Bay, Botafogo, Corcovado, Sugar Loaf, the Botanical Gardens and the waterfront are strongly represented, with Reclus diagrams, port views, architectural subjects and illustrated scenes of markets, transport, Carnival and daily life across the city and its immediate environs.

Maps and views of Rio de Janeiro include city and harbour plans by Colton, Vandermaelen and the British Admiralty, alongside nineteenth- and twentieth-century panoramas and street scenes. Guanabara Bay, Botafogo, Corcovado, Sugar Loaf, the Botanical Gardens and the waterfront are strongly represented, with Reclus diagrams, port views, architectural subjects and illustrated scenes of markets, transport, Carnival and daily life across the city and its immediate environs.

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