This striking engraving depicts the shipwreck of the Portuguese vessel S. Jacobus on the rocks located between Madagascar and Mozambique in 1585. A number of crewmen have fallen overboard, with several being attacked by giant lobsters. Engraved by Pieter van den Keere. French text on verso.

The map was first published by Cornelius Claesz and printed by Barent Langenes in the 1598 edition of the popular Map Treasury. For the 1599 edition, graduation lines and latitude numerals were added to one side of the border on most of the maps, which were again used for multiple editions through 1650. This is from a French edition, printed by Albert Hendricks.

References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 80-82; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #Judia:341.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a couple of faint stains almost entirely confined to the blank margins. There are professional repairs to a tiny chip and hole in the blank margins.