JANSSONIUS, J. - Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas..
JANSSONIUS, J. - Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas..
Published: Amsterdam, 1640
Size: 390 x 510mm.
Color: In original colours.
Condition: In very good condition, wide margins. Some shine-through of the capital letter of the verso.
Description
This magnificent map is based on the famous survey by John Norwood of the Bermuda Company in 1618. The map shows the division into the original Tribes and shows the various landowners, with their names in a table below the map.
The beautiful title cartouche features Neptune astride the Royal Arms.
Further adorned with scale cartouches, coats of arms and compass rose with a fleur-de-lys. The map is superimposed over a map of the Atlantic with the coastlines of Britain, North America and Hispaniola showing the location of Bermuda.
Latin text on verso.
The beautiful title cartouche features Neptune astride the Royal Arms.
Further adorned with scale cartouches, coats of arms and compass rose with a fleur-de-lys. The map is superimposed over a map of the Atlantic with the coastlines of Britain, North America and Hispaniola showing the location of Bermuda.
Latin text on verso.
1,600€
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- Reference N°: 26621
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