The first printed map to focus on Brazil

An important map of Brazil, issued in Ramusio's famous travel book titled: 'Raccolta di Navigationi et Viaggi', orientated with north to the right. The vignettes include an early depiction of the hammock, for which the Brazilian Indians are famous, and the parrot. Hunting and domestic scenes abound, but Ramusio has spared the viewer the cannibal cliché already popularized on other maps. This is an example of the second block, cut after the first was destroyed by a fire in the printing house of Thomaso Guinti in 1557, after only a year's use. Almost identical, this second block has written 'Terra non Descoperta' top centre; the first block has 'Discoperta.' An essential map for any antique map collections of Brazil.