Subject: Western Africa, Cape Verde Islands
Period: 1683 (circa)
Publication: L'Afrique en Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles et Exactes…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.2 x 7.7 inches
28.4 x 19.6 cm
An attractive map of the important Cape Verde Islands and the opposite African coast from Cap Blanc to Sierra Leone. Decorated with a fancy title cartouche.
References: Pastoureau, SANSON I F [16].
Condition: A
Watermarked paper with a professionally repaired tear that just enters map border at bottom near centerfold, and several small chips in top blank margin that have been closed on verso with old paper.