"Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, Novissima & Exactissima Descriptio, Auctore Vernando Alvaro Secco, & de Integro Emendata, Anno 1600", Mercator/Hondius

Baptista van Doetecum engraved this magnificent map of Portugal, one of the few maps he engraved for the Mercator/Hondius atlas. It is oriented with north to the right and richly adorned with three strapwork cartouches, a compass rose, coat-of-arms, sailing ships and a very devilish-looking sea monster. The map is based on Fernando Alvarez Secco's map of 1561 and dedicated to Guido Ascanius Sfortia. French text on verso, published between 1628-33.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #6300:1A.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with full contemporary color on a watermarked sheet with light toning along the centerfold and dampstains along the edges of the sheet. There is a small dampstain along the centerfold at the bottom of the image necessitating the color in that spot to be refreshed.