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Brasil and the Amazon river

Ignazio Danti1565/1575

Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy

The painting shows Brasil with the Amazon River. In the Amazon area there are three drawings showing anthropophagous people. Photo: Rabatti&Domingie

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Title: Brasil and the Amazon river
Creator Lifespan: 1536 - 1586
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Alatri
Creator Birth Place: Perugia
Date Created: 1565/1575
cartographer: Egnazio Danti
Theme: map
Physical Dimensions: w34 x h115 cm (Complete)
Original title: Brasile e Rio delle Amazzoni
Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
Type: oil painting on wood
Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze

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