Between 1630 and 1654 a large part of Brazil was occupied by the Dutch. In this period the area was surveyed and mapped by the cartographers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Goliath" class="extiw" title="en:Cornelis Goliath">Cornelis Goliath</a> (deceased 1667/1668) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Marcgrave" class="extiw" title="en:Georg Marcgrave">Georg Marcgraf</a>. The results were compiled in a decorative wall map in 1643. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> (1598-1673) used the wall map as his source for this map in 1662.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10260633" class="extiw" title="d:Q10260633"><span title="Dutch cartographer">Cornelis Golijath</span></a>
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