"Amsteledami, Io. Blaeu exc.", Hand col. Sheet measures 50.5 x 58.5 cm. Stamp on verso: Horace Brown 1900S., Plate 2 in French editions of Blaeu's Atlas major, vol. 12, published 1663 and 1667 (Burden 474)., Relief shown pictorially., S, and Signature on verso: A.
Bar scales in "Miliaria Germanica communia" and "Miliaria Gallica communia.", From Blaeu's Le theatre du monde ... Amsterdami : Apud Guiljelmum et Iohannem Blaeu, 1635., In French on verso, with caption title "Le Destroict de Magellanes, & celuy de la Maire" and signature 7L., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit,
Subject (Geographic):
Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French, Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French, and Gryp, Dirck, engraver
From the author's Gerardi Mercatoris atlas. 1628., Inset: I. S. Thomae., Map text in Latin. Text on verso in French., Relief shown pictorially., and Text on verso titled "Guinee, avec les isles de S. Thomas, du Prince, et d'Anobon," p. 637 and 640.
Publisher:
Sumptibus & typis aeneis Henrici Hondij,
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651 and Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas
Guinea propria, nec non Nigritiæ vel Terræ Nigrovrm maxima pars, Guinee de meme que la plus grande partie du Pais des Negres, and Gvinee de meme que la plus grande partie du Pais des Negres
Description:
Covers West Africa from Gabon in the south to Niger, Mali, and Mauritania in the north., Has watermark., Includes indexed ill. depicting the dress, dwellings, and work of native Africans., Prime meridian: Ferro., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
Homannianorum Heredum,
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 and Marchais, R. de