"Africae Descriptio", Mercator/Jansson
Subject: Africa
Period: 1630 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.9 x 5.7 inches
20.1 x 14.5 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. French text on verso.
References: Betz #64.1; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8600:352.1.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet with a couple of archivally repaired tears confined to the blank margins.
