Jodocus Hondius
Nova Africa Tabula, 1615 c
15 ½ x 20 in
39 x 51 cm
39 x 51 cm
AFR6376
Stunning Dutch Golden Age map of the African continent. This glorious map of the African continent bridges the divide between the earlier maps of Mercator (1595) and Ortelius (1570), and...
Stunning Dutch Golden Age map of the African continent.
This glorious map of the African continent bridges the divide between the earlier maps of Mercator (1595) and Ortelius (1570), and the more modern maps of Blaeu and Claesz. The addition of the latest cartographic information by Pigafetta, Africanus and others allowed for a number of significant geographical revisions, particularly in the region of the Congo which draws on Pigafetta's work. Furthermore, substantial use is made of the two maps of central and southern Africa published by Hugo van Linschoten, who obtained anonymous Portuguese maps when he was living in Goa.
Hondius had already produced a wall map of Africa on four sheets published in 1598. This map is now known in one example with one of the sheets missing.
Using the wall map above, he has reduced and adapted this map for his atlas of 1606, updating the earlier map of Africa by Gerhard Mercator, which is also often present in the work.
Decorative elements include an elegant strapwork cartouche, sea monsters, ships, and depictions of a camel, a monkey, and an elephant. Stunning original hand-colour.
[Betz (R.L.): The Mapping of Africa 52] [AFR6376]
This glorious map of the African continent bridges the divide between the earlier maps of Mercator (1595) and Ortelius (1570), and the more modern maps of Blaeu and Claesz. The addition of the latest cartographic information by Pigafetta, Africanus and others allowed for a number of significant geographical revisions, particularly in the region of the Congo which draws on Pigafetta's work. Furthermore, substantial use is made of the two maps of central and southern Africa published by Hugo van Linschoten, who obtained anonymous Portuguese maps when he was living in Goa.
Hondius had already produced a wall map of Africa on four sheets published in 1598. This map is now known in one example with one of the sheets missing.
Using the wall map above, he has reduced and adapted this map for his atlas of 1606, updating the earlier map of Africa by Gerhard Mercator, which is also often present in the work.
Decorative elements include an elegant strapwork cartouche, sea monsters, ships, and depictions of a camel, a monkey, and an elephant. Stunning original hand-colour.
[Betz (R.L.): The Mapping of Africa 52] [AFR6376]
