"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 with the center figure representing death & time and a female at right 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.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression on paper with an "I W P" watermark, minor toning and soiling, and a few tiny tears in the bottom blank margin that have been closed with archival materials.