First edition of a comprehensive documentation concerning 18 Brazilian ports, published on the occasion of the centenary of Brazilian independence by the state ministry of public transport and construction (Ministerio da Viação e Obras Publicas. Inspectoria Federal de Portos, Rios e Canaes) and edited by the technical director of its naval department, the civil engineer Alfredo Lisboa. This unique publication includes detailed historical descriptions, statistical accounts and detailed maps of the ports of Amarração, Aracajú, Bahia, Belém do Pará, Ceará, Corumbá, Jaraguá, Manáos, Natal, Parahyba, Paranaguá, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, S. Luiz do Maranhão, Santa Catharina, Santos and Victoria as well as their surroundings. Added to it is the same editors second edition of the atlas: Portos do Brasil. 2a edição. Revista e muito ampliada. Atlas, Rio de Janeiro, 1927. Oblong folio. [2] ll. (title-page and table of contents) plus 38 plates (32 folding), the title-page in red and black. Original publisher's grey paper wrappers , the front printed in red and black, rebacked in black cloth. It includes additional maps of Laguna, Fortaleza, Guanabara, Itajahy, Porto Alegre, S. Franciso do Sul, and other places.
Ex-library copies deaccessioned by Vienna University of Economics, with their stamps and notes on the title-page as well as on title-page of 2nd edition. Paper slightly dust-stained, some foxing, some pages very slightly dog-eared and worn at corners, otherwise good copies of these rare items. We have located only 4 other copies of the 1st edition, and some appear to be only the text volume or only the atlas. WorldCat 34727106, 80380053, 253288094 (2 copies of the text volume & 1 of the atlas?).