Subject: South America
Period: 1684 (circa)
Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
3.9 x 5.7 inches
9.9 x 14.5 cm
This map shows nearly the entire continent but focuses on the region of the River de la Plata. The title cartouche, which obscures the northern part of the continent, is flanked by putti, snakes, a lizard and a turtle. Four ships sail in the seas, two engaged in a battle. Blank verso.
References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 152-53; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.
Condition: A
A few spots of foxing along the sheet's edges, otherwise fine.