"Africae Descriptio", Mercator/Jansson
Subject: Africa
Period: 1628 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.8 x 5.6 inches
19.8 x 14.2 cm
Fine small map of Africa, which is based largely on the work of Hernicus Hondius and incorporates information from Bleau’s map of 1617, especially on the river systems. Though smaller in size, the map includes more place names than Hondius' 1607 folio map of the continent. It is decorated with a delicate title cartouche. Engraved by Abraham Goos. Latin text on verso, published between 1628-34.
References: Betz #64.1; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8600:352.1.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a bright sheet with professional repairs to a tiny hole in the image and a couple of tears in the right margin. There is a tiny stain in the top margin.
