"Guinea", Wit, Frederick de

Elegantly engraved map covering the coast from Sierra Leone to Gabon. The land is filled with elephants, lions, leopards and monkeys and the sea is decorated with sailing ships. Two natives with pearls, a parrot, and very human-looking monkeys decorate the large title cartouche. To the right, two child-like sea creatures are carrying a large elephant tusk. This map is similar to both the Blaeu and Jansson map of the same title, but it is larger in size and omits the rhumb lines, calligraphy, and one cartouche. This example was published by Covens & Mortier.

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Condition: A

A nice impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with light toning along the edges of the sheet.