This hand-colored map shows the village of Cuiabá in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state. The town was founded in 1727, after gold was discovered in the region. This map, made more than 40 years later, still shows a small village.
<br>Brazil -- History -- Colonial Period, 1500-1822
Siqueira, Joze Manoel de
1770<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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