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26: 323:. He additionally copied letters from Céspedes Xeria to Philip of Spain. Montero Díaz finished work on the facsimile in October 1917 and charge 200 pesetas (178 thousand réis) for the work. Taunay inaugurated Sala A-10 after receipt of the facsimile copy of the map and displayed it in a prominent place in the room. It was framed and displayed with its related documentation, also in facsimile format. Taunay used the map for articles published in Correio Paulistano, the Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, and the Annals of the Paulista Museum. 239:(also styled as King Philip III of Portugal). It was likely a report of the route of Tietê (denominated the Río Ayembí on the map) and Paraná rivers to facilitate the formation of foreign policy of Philip IV. Xeria's route is represented by a red line on the map. It is accompanied by illustrations of cities, towns, and indigenous villages. Nature is poorly represented in the map, other than river banks and some islands. The map lacks reliable coordinates, a 294:(1876-1958), historian and director of the Museu Paulista between 1917 and 1946, located the map during the research he carried out at the museum. He had a great interest in the early history of Brazil, and his research focused on the role of the São Paulo region in the formation of the colony of Brazil. Taunay sought to situate the central role of São Paulo in the Independence of Brazil in conjunction of the centenary of the event in 1922. 283:. Although Céspedes Xeria was a military officer, studies show that he both collected the data and made the drawing. His intention was to send the map directly to Philip of Spain with his letter written in his own hand. Xeria, however, used copyists to produce reproductions of the document; this explains the difference of handwriting between the two versions. 246:
The Tietê River is represented in the upper left quadrants of the map, together with Vila de São Paulo. The Paraná River appears in the lower left quadrants of the documents; the settlements are in the lower right quadrants. The legend is in three columns and the crosses along the route to represent
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Taunay discovered the map in 1917, the year he became director of the museum. During this period, he made several structural changes to the institution, primarily to transform it into a historical museum. He inaugurated a room dedicated solely to the history of Brazil and São Paulo, colonial-period
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cartography, and a display of archival documents. The room is known as "Sala A-10"; maps are prominently displayed to highlight the chronology of Brazilian history. Taunay exchanged archival documents and ordered facsimiles from different institutions from around the world to set up Sala A-10. The
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established a historical narrative of the São Paulo region in the 20th century; it additionally aided in the interpretation of the development of the territory of what would be the state of São Paulo. Images of the map have subsequently appeared in a large range of textbooks, book covers, magazine
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Discussion about the faithfulness of the facsimile produced by Santiago Montero Díaz began in the late 20th century. Correspondence and comparative analyses between the original map and the facsimile demonstrate that Taunay was unaware that Montero Díaz used two versions of the map to produce the
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When in 1917, the eminent Pablo Pastells pointed out to me the presence of Céspedes's map in the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, and described it to me, I painfully made a facsimle copy. I was in a hurry to publish this very precious
25: 143:, a 17th-century Spanish military officer. The map is dated November 8, 1628. It depicts the path that Xeria traveled between the village of São Paulo de Piratininga, now the modern city of 211:
on July 30, 1627, along with a description of damage caused by the attempted invasion. The event occurred after two conflicts between the Dutch and Spanish-Portuguese forces: the
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Map of the Ayembí y del Paraná River, with its tributaries, which used Luis de Céspedes Jería, governor of Paraguay, to enter into the jurisdiction from Brazil
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Mapa del río Ayembí y del Paraná, con sus afluentes, que recorrió Luis de Céspedes Jería, gobernador del Paraguay, al entrar en su jurisdicción desde Brasil
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Mapa del río Ayembí y del Paraná, con sus afluentes, que recorrió Luis de Céspedes Jería, gobernador del Paraguay, al entrar en su jurisdicción desde Brasil
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Little is known about Luis de Céspedes García Xería. He lived in the 17th century, and arrived in present-day Brazil to administer the Spanish colony of
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is the first known of the interior of the state of São Paulo and the first to establish a cartographic representation the wider
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was of primary importance to Taunay, and he sought to obtain a copy from the General Archive of the Indies in Seville.
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facsimile. However, the facsimile has few differences from the original versions or related documents.
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of Brazil. It additionally provides the earliest representations of the Tietê and Paraná rivers.
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The Map of Céspedes Xeria was produced to accompany a letter from Céspedes Xería to King
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Taunay, Affonso de E. (1922). "Documentos do "Archivo General de Indias" em Sevilha".
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Cintra, Jorge Pimentel; Beier, José Rogério; Rabelo, Lucas Montalvão (2018).
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covers, and other publications related to the history of São Paulo.
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are 118 centimetres (46 in) x 79 centimetres (31 in). The
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The facsimile of Céspedes Xeria's map was produced by the copyist
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rivers from July 16 to September 18, 1628. The dimensions of the
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There are two versions of the map: the first is called
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is dated 1628, shortly before the establishingment of
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Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material
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Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material
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Index


General Archive of the Indies
Seville
Spain
Luis de Céspedes García Xería
Portuguese
Spanish
Dom
Luis de Céspedes García Xería
São Paulo
Ciudad Real de Guayrá
Province of Paraguay
Paraná
Tietê
Paraná
Southeast region
Museu do Ipiranga
Paraguay
Bahia
Espírito Santo
Capture of Bahia
Recapture of Bahia
Dutch Brazil
Philip IV of Spain
compass rose
Portuguese
General Archive of the Indies
Seville
Spain
Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay

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