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== Online Resources == | |||
To learn more about maps in | *To learn more about why to use maps in family history research, go to the '''[[Maps | Maps Record Page]]'''. | ||
*[http://geacron.com/home-en/ GeaCron] Interactive World History Atlas since 3000 BC | |||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brazil/@-13.7019755,-69.6972572,4z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x9c59c7ebcc28cf:0x295a1506f2293e63!8m2!3d-14.235004!4d-51.92528 Google Maps] | *[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brazil/@-13.7019755,-69.6972572,4z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x9c59c7ebcc28cf:0x295a1506f2293e63!8m2!3d-14.235004!4d-51.92528 Google Maps] | ||
*[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&q=Brazil+maps&search=Go David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection] | *[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&q=Brazil+maps&search=Go David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection] | ||
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Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies and at public and university libraries. Major collections for Brazil are at the National Library, in Rio de Janeiro. | Collections of maps and atlases are available at numerous historical societies and at public and university libraries. Major collections for Brazil are at the National Library, in Rio de Janeiro. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has a good collection of Brazilian maps and atlases. These are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
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BRAZIL - MAPS | BRAZIL - MAPS | ||
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Below is an excellent set of maps that comes with an index of towns. It lists the longitude and latitude of each town and two coordinates where it can be found on the map. It can be used as a gazetteer: | Below is an excellent set of maps that comes with an index of towns. It lists the longitude and latitude of each town and two coordinates where it can be found on the map. It can be used as a gazetteer: | ||
*''Carta do Brasil ao milionésimo (Map of Brazil on the millionth scale''). Rio de Janeiro: Serviço Gráfico da Fundação IBGE, 1972. {{ | *''Carta do Brasil ao milionésimo (Map of Brazil on the millionth scale''). Rio de Janeiro: Serviço Gráfico da Fundação IBGE, 1972. {{FSC|981 E3in}} | ||
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Some other helpful maps at the | Some other helpful maps at the FamilySearch Library are found in: | ||
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*''Carta do Brasil (Map of Brazil''). Scale 1:500,000. 68 maps. Rio de Janeiro: Conselho Nacional de Geografia, 1945–1967. {{ | *''Carta do Brasil (Map of Brazil''). Scale 1:500,000. 68 maps. Rio de Janeiro: Conselho Nacional de Geografia, 1945–1967. {{FSC|981E7b}} The library lacks numbers 10, 11, 19, 47, and 50. | ||
Helpful atlases for Brazil are: | Helpful atlases for Brazil are: | ||
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*Ira, Rudolf. ''Atlas do Brasil Globo: com os mapas políticos e físicos do Brasil e os mapas dos seus Estados e Território (The Global Atlas of Brazil: with political and fiscal maps of Brazil and maps of their states and territories''). 30 maps. Porto Alegre: Editora Globo, 1960. {{ | *Ira, Rudolf. ''Atlas do Brasil Globo: com os mapas políticos e físicos do Brasil e os mapas dos seus Estados e Território (The Global Atlas of Brazil: with political and fiscal maps of Brazil and maps of their states and territories''). 30 maps. Porto Alegre: Editora Globo, 1960. {{FSC|981 E7i}} | ||
*Mello, Francisco Ignácio Marcondes Homem de. ''Atlas do Brazil (Atlas of Brazil''). 29 maps. Rio de Janeiro: F. Briguiet, 1909. {{ | *Mello, Francisco Ignácio Marcondes Homem de. ''Atlas do Brazil (Atlas of Brazil''). 29 maps. Rio de Janeiro: F. Briguiet, 1909. {{FSC|981 E7m}}; film {{FSC|0924466}} item 3 | ||
[[Category:Brazil]] | [[Category:Brazil]] | ||
[[Category:Maps | [[Category:Maps]] | ||
[[Category:Maps of South America]] | [[Category:Maps of South America]] | ||
[[pt:Brasil Mapas]] | [[pt:Brasil Mapas]] | ||
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