Subject: Congo & Angola
Period: 1607 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.9 x 5.6 inches
17.5 x 14.2 cm
Handsome miniature map of the Congo region. It is a reduced version of Jodocus Hondius' folio map and contains a surprising amount of detail, though most of the interior is left blank. Decorated by strapwork title and distance scale cartouches. Blank verso, published in 1607 or 1609.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8755:351; Norwich # 319a.
Condition: A
A dark impression with a small amount of printer's ink residue, marginal soiling, and light foxing mostly confined to the blank margins. Manuscript page number and cardinal directions in blank margins.
