General Map of the Diocese of Pará: Shows the Division of Parishes Where the Venerable Father Miguel De Bulhões III, Bishop from Pará, Founded and Built the Diocese. (Mappa Geral Do Bispado Do Pará: Repartido Nas Suas Freguezias Que Nele Fundou, E...

Old map of Brazil, Pará.

78), who served as a bishop in Singapore before coming to Brazil in 1749. Bulhões oversaw the construction and consecration of a new cathedral in Belém as well as the reopening of the local seminary. A priest of the Dominican order, Bulhões served in Brazil during the period in which the Jesuits were expelled from the country. In 1760, he was appointed to a new diocese in Portugal, and left Brazil on the same boat as the departing Jesuit priests.

Created by Henrique Antonio Galluzzo in 1759.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• Original resource extent: 1 pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map in 4 sections; each section 59.5 x 45.5 centimeters.
• Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
• Content in Portuguese.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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1759

Amazon River

Brazil

Henrique Antonio Galluzzo

Manuscript Maps

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Pará

Rivers

Solimoes River