"Chili", Gerritsz/De Laet

This bold map covers Chili, from Puente de Vetes in the North to Cap de Diego Gallego in the south with north to the left. Beautiful title cartouche, scale of miles, map key and a large compass rose make this a very attractive sheet. Hessel Gerritsz's cartography of South America laid the foundation for many other cartographers. Johannes de Laet, the director of the Dutch West India Company, was privy to the latest topographical knowledge.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.LAET-1c.

Condition: A

A crisp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with a coat of arms watermark. There is some minor printer's ink residue, a printer's crease at bottom right, and marginal soiling.