This is the first state of De Fer's depiction of the continent. It features a thickened west coast that expands between the Cape and the Congo, based on his wall map of 1696-98. Unusual islands appear in the Atlantic and Indian oceans, including a mythical second island of St. Helena. Monomotapa is shown in the south. In Central Africa there is text concerning the origin of the Nile in Abyssinia - however the two sub-equatorial Ptolemaic lakes are still shown on the map. The map is graced with a decorative dedication to the Dauphin and a title cartouche featuring lime kilns.

References: Betz # 170.1; cf. Norwich #64 (larger version); Pastoureau, FER ID [4].

Condition: A

A nice impression on a sheet with a large, elaborate coat of arms watermark. There is a light stain in the blank right margin that just touches the neatline.