"Nieuwe Paskaart van de Kust van Portugal Beginnende 3 a 4 Myl Benoorde C. Roxent, tot aen C.d. S. Vincente", Keulen, Johannes van

This very handsome engraved sea chart shows the coast of Portugal from Lisbon to the Cape Saint Vincent (Vila do Bispo). Lisbon is shown as a large fortified city with ship anchorages located as well a few soundings in the bay. Across the bay are large salt collection fields. Further south across from Setubal are even larger sea salt areas. The coastal shores contain a few place names along the Atlantic. The large pictorial cartouche includes Mercury and allegorical figures representing death & time as one figure and a female holding a flaming lantern with her eyes covered with a cloth that is being lifted by death. North is oriented to the left of the chart and indicated by two fine compass roses and a large array of rhumb lines. This large map is printed on two sheets joined as issued.

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Condition: A

Fine impression and wide margins. Two tiny matching spots in ocean.