"America Meridionalis", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: South America
Period: 1613 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.3 x 5.7 inches
18.5 x 14.5 cm
Charming small map of the continent with two large mythical lakes, Eupana Lacus in Brazil and Lake Parime in Guyana, and Tierra del Fuego attached to a massive Terra Australis. Decorated with a large strapwork title cartouche, scale of miles, sea monsters and a Spanish galleon sailing into the South Pacific. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #9800:351.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with light toning along the edges of the sheet and a couple of faint damp stains also confined to the edges.
