"Africae Descriptio", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Africa
Period: 1621 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.8 x 5.9 inches
19.8 x 15 cm
This small map is based on Hondius' superb map of the continent. Using the Mercator model, there are revisions to the coastlines, particularly that of Madagascar. Hondius improved the Cape area by inserting Saldanha Bay and Cape Falco and discarding Cayneca. The map is crisply engraved and decorated with strapwork title and distance scale cartouches, a sea monster, and a sea battle off the coast of C. Negro. Latin text on verso.
References: Betz #53; Norwich #27a; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) 8600:351.
Condition: B+
A dark impression on a lightly toned sheet with a few tiny spots.
