Baptista van Doetecum engraved this magnificent map of Portugal, one of the few maps he engraved for the Mercator/Hondius atlas. It is oriented with north to the right and richly adorned with three strapwork cartouches, a compass rose, coat-of-arms, sailing ships and a very devilish-looking sea monster. The map is based on Fernando Alvarez Secco's map of 1561. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #6300:1A.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression with superb, full original color on watermarked paper. There is some color offsetting, very light toning, and minor scattered foxing primarily confined to the blank margins. There is a tiny centerfold separation in bottom blank margin.