Catalog Archive
Auction 155, Lot 394

"Mar di Aethiopia Vulgo Oceanus Aethiopicus", Jansson, Jan

Subject: South Atlantic

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Novus

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.8 x 17.1 inches
55.4 x 43.4 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

A handsome chart decorated with figurative title cartouche, distance scale, compass rose and multiple rhumb lines. It covers most of South America and the southwestern portion of Africa. Tierra del Fuego is separated from the continent and a huge Terra Australis Incognita appears in the south. Locates several islands in the Atlantic including Dos Picos, Sebald de waerts Eylanden (Falklands), and S. Helena Noua. Blank verso.

References: Norwich #240; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #0102:1.

Condition: A

A fine impression with a couple faint spots and two tiny wormholes along the bottom border that are only visible when held up to light. Light toning along the sheet's edges.

Estimate: $800 - $950

Sold for: $550

Closed on 11/18/2015

Archived