Live auction - Lot 879
[Nautical chart - Africa]
Pascaerte van Africa, van C. Verde, tot Cabo d Bona Esperanca.
Amsterdam, J. Van Loon, [c. 1661]
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Engr., 42,6 x 54 cm, hand-coloured (sl. age-toned).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
Curious map of the coastline of West-Africa, oriented towards the east, showing the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, numerous cities at the coast, and some sm. islands (o.a. Saint Helena, the phantom island St. Matthew, the archipelago Tristan da Cunha). First published in "Klaer Lichtende Noort-Ster ofte Zee Atlas [...]" in 1661. Verso blank.
Ref. Koeman IV, Loon1 (20).