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A 16th century miniature map of South America in original colour.

Stock No. 22563 Category: Tag: Cartographer: LANGENES, Barent.

Peruana. Description Americae Australis.
Amsterdam, Cornelius Nicolas, c.1603, Latin text edition. Original colour. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle ' Description Americae Australis' and pagination.

£450

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A scarce map of South America, engraved by either Jodocus Hondius or Pieter van den Keere in 1598 'Caert-Thresoor', here published in the 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum' with a text by Petrus Bertius. Original colour is very unusual for these maps.
In 1616 a new plate was engraved by Jodocus Hondius II, slightly larger and with wider borders with scales of longitude and latitude.

Additional information

Dimensions125 × 85 mm
Cartographer

Date

1603

Extra Info

Peruana. Description Americae Australis.

Publication

Amsterdam, Cornelius Nicolas, c.1603, Latin text edition. Original colour. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle ' Description Americae Australis' and pagination.

Condition

A good example.

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