HONDIUS, H. - Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.

HONDIUS, H. - Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.
Published: Amsterdam, 1645
Size: 372 x 485mm.
Color: In original colours.
Condition: Good impression, printed on heavy paper. Paper slightly age toned. French text on verso.
Description
Copper engraving, hand colored in outline when published. A highly decorative map showing Guiana extending westwards to Trinidad and Margarita Island, dominated by a huge inland sea north of the Amazon with parts of present-day Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and Brazil.
Indicates the mythical places Parime Lacus and El Dorado.
Indicates the mythical places Parime Lacus and El Dorado.
500€
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- Reference N°: 43291
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