Nordamerika & Karibik
Nr. 387: Virginiae Item et Floridae.. Descriptio
Beschreibung:
“Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio”. Engraved map in original colour from the first Jodocus Hondius edition of Mercator’s Folio-Atlas, Amsterdam 1606. 34,2 x 48,2 cm.
Koeman-van der Krogt map 9400: 1A. Burden 151. Cumming 26, col. plate 2. Verso Latin text and page-Nos. 347/48. One of the new maps added to the atlas and engraved by Jodocus Hondius. Burden: “This map.. is a composite largely of John White’s Virginia and Jacques le Moyne’s Florida as interpreted by Theodore de Bry in 1590 and 1591 respectively.. The map is embellished with various game including a wild turkey. Examples of Indian villages in Florida and Virginia appear in cartouches either side of the title”. – Exceptionally beautiful bright original colour! Ample margins. Few creases taken out and verso some reinforcement to centrefold and parts of delicate green colour. - This interesting early map in outstandingly bright original colour and excellent condition.
“Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio”. Engraved map in original colour from the first Jodocus Hondius edition of Mercator’s Folio-Atlas, Amsterdam 1606. 34,2 x 48,2 cm.
Koeman-van der Krogt map 9400: 1A. Burden 151. Cumming 26, col. plate 2. Verso Latin text and page-Nos. 347/48. One of the new maps added to the atlas and engraved by Jodocus Hondius. Burden: “This map.. is a composite largely of John White’s Virginia and Jacques le Moyne’s Florida as interpreted by Theodore de Bry in 1590 and 1591 respectively.. The map is embellished with various game including a wild turkey. Examples of Indian villages in Florida and Virginia appear in cartouches either side of the title”. – Exceptionally beautiful bright original colour! Ample margins. Few creases taken out and verso some reinforcement to centrefold and parts of delicate green colour. - This interesting early map in outstandingly bright original colour and excellent condition.