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The Brazilian state of Pernambuco could be compared geographically to Massachusetts: a small, populous, Atlantic coastal state shaped like a rectangular(ish) slab, sporting 100 miles or so of Eastern coastline. Our Boston is their Recife, a busy maritime port smack in the middle of their Eastern Coast. Like the Bay State, Pernambuco even boasts the […]

Antique Maps of Africa. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of Africa from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

ASIC has banned a Queensland director from managing corporations following his failure to ensure that the companies under his directorship paid their taxation liabilities, superannuation and payroll

Antique Maps of Scandinavia & Denmark. Gallery of authentic historic & rare maps of Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark & Finland from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

    1 : 680000 Description This is a rare 1864 James Irmay and Son blueback nautical chart or maritime map of Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, here identified as Haïti. The chart is large and finely engrave with ample coastal detail, some inland topography, and depth soundings throughout. Pencil marks trace a Spanish voyage, likely out of Cadiz, along the northern coast of the Island. Historical ContextWhen this map was issued, Hispaniola was dived between two rival powers, despite being si...