America. Amsterdam: [1606 or later]. Hand-colored engraved map of the Americas, 440 x 520 mm. Seas decorated with ships and sea creatures. Creased down fold, reinforced on verso, minor staining in upper and lower margins. Framed. A fine decorative map from the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography. Hondius used "Various scenes taken from the earlier volumes of de Bry's Grand Voyages to adorn the whole. Particularly notable is the native Brazilian scene illustrating the method used to make a local beverage." Burden Mapping of North America 150.
America. Amsterdam: [1606 or later]. Hand-colored engraved map of the Americas, 440 x 520 mm. Seas decorated with ships and sea creatures. Creased down fold, reinforced on verso, minor staining in upper and lower margins. Framed. A fine decorative map from the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography. Hondius used "Various scenes taken from the earlier volumes of de Bry's Grand Voyages to adorn the whole. Particularly notable is the native Brazilian scene illustrating the method used to make a local beverage." Burden Mapping of North America 150.
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