1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Portraits Upon his return to Paris

Upon his return to Paris

a favored few sold their maps to royalty and claimed titles such as \\\"geographer to His Majesty

Jean Baptiste Nolin Jr 1686–1762

This fine world atlas contains 3 double page and 72 single page maps with original hand colouring on clean heavy paper with a heavy impression

This copper-plate engraved original antique map of Duff or Wilson Islands located northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu

1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Portraits Upon his return to ParisTitle : Nova Africae Tabula. Auctore Jodoco Hondio Excusum in aedibus Auctoris Amsterodami. Ref #: 35626 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Size: 22 1 2in x 17 1 4in (615mm x 530mm) Date: 1628 Description: This original beautifully hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of Africa by Jodocus Hondius, after Gerard Mercator, was published in the 1628 Latin edition of Mercators Atlas Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi This is a