Fine small map of Africa, which is copied from Jan Jansson's Atlas Minor map, which itself was based largely on the work of Hernicus Hondius. The map is filled with place names and the Nile is shown with its source in the Ptolemaic twin lakes of Zaire and Zaflan. Published by Nicolas Berey.

See also lot 788 for Richard Betz's The Mapping of Africa - A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700 that describes this map.

References: Betz #81; Pastoureau, TASSIN I A [4].

Condition: B+

A crisp impression with a small worm hole in the Atlantic, light soiling, and light toning along the edges of the sheet. There are chips in the corners of the sheet, not affecting the image.