Derived from Blaeu, this elegantly engraved map covers the coast from Sierra Leone to Gabon. The land is filled with elephants, lions, leopards and monkeys and the sea is decorated with sailing ships. Two natives with pearls, a parrot, and very human-looking monkeys decorate the large title cartouche. To the right, two child-like sea creatures are carrying a large elephant tusk. This map is similar to both the Blaeu and Jansson map of the same title, but it is larger in size and omits the rhumb lines, calligraphy, and one cartouche. This is the first state, without credit to de Wit or Mortier in the title cartouche.

References: Carhart #UB 7.

Condition: B

A sharp impression with full contemporary color, light offsetting, and an archivally repaired centerfold separation in the bottom blank margin. There are a few short cracks due to oxidation of green pigment that have been closed on verso with archival tape.