MERCATOR,G./ HONDIUS,J. - Portugalliae que olim Lusitania..

The best-known map of Portugal, after Alvares Secco (1560), orientated west to the top of the sheet. Secco's map was copied by many mapmakers and publishers for upwards of a century.
Engraved by the master engraver Baptista van Doetecum. Richly embellished with cartouches, compass rose, sailing ships, coat of arms, and a sea monster.