Picture-Frame Style Border

"Nicaragua ende Kusten der Zuyd-Zee, Noordwaard van Panama, door Gil Gonzales Davila Ontdekt", Aa, Pieter van der

This map of Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica illustrates the explorations of Spanish Conquistador Gil Gonzalez Davila. Gonzalez was the first European to explore Nicaragua, and discovered the lakes Nicaragua and Managua. The decorative title cartouche features a native couple and a wild boar with two ships and a volcano in the background. The map is surrounded by an elegantly engraved picture-frame style border, printed from a separate copperplate.

References: Kapp (MCC-103) #30; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.AA-5a.

Condition: A

Fine impression on watermarked paper with wide margins.