Subject: Jamaica
Period: 1576-1605 (circa)
Publication: L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo
Color: Hand Color
Size:
5.5 x 4 inches
14 x 10.2 cm
This lovely miniature map of Jamaica extends to include the coastlines of the islands of Cuba and Haiti. The map is embellished with a strapwork cartouche, a compass rose, a sea monster and a stippled sea. Engraved by Girolamo Porro and printed on a full sheet (7 x 10.3") of Italian text.
References: King (2nd Ed.), p. 57-59; Kapp (MCC-42) #4.
Condition: B+
Light show-through of text on verso and marginal soiling.