Live auction - Lot 880
[Nautical chart - Atlantic Ocean]
Pascaert van Rio Gambia als mede 't vaerwater tusschen de Cabo Verde en Brazil.
Amsterdam, J. van Loon, [c. 1661]
Hammer price: €
260
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Engr., 42,8 x 53,5 cm, hand-coloured (few tiny spots, light traces of central fold).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
Rare map depicting the archipelago Cape Verde (depicting the isles Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio, Sal, Santiago, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau), parts of the coasts of the Mali Empire ("Melli"), the Gambia and Brazil. Large, ornate title cartouche. First published in "Klaer Lichtende Noort-Ster ofte Zee Atlas [...]" in 1661. Verso blank.
Ref. Koeman IV, Loon1 (19).
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