This is a boldly engraved chart of the bay at Salvador (Bahia) with an inset plan of the fortified city of San Salvador. Navigational soundings and shoals are identified in the bay. Numerous plantations and sugar mills are noted with symbols along the coast and rivers. There is a large decorative rococo-style title cartouche and two compass roses.

References: Koeman, Tir 4 #101; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.TIR-2a.

Condition: A

Full contemporary color on a sheet from papermaker Lubbert van Gerrevink with two watermarks: "Villedary" and the Strasbourg lily coat of arms. There are a few minor spots and short centerfold separations at top and bottom, all confined to the blank margins.