HONDIUS, Jodocus the Elder (1563-1612). America . Amsterdam: [1623]. Fine visualisation of the western hemisphere centred on the American continents , with an illustration of Brazilian native peoples engaged in communal drinking, and various scenes appropriated from De Bry's Grand Voyages including galleons, kayaks and Indian canoes, as well as birds perched on the lower cartouche. The stereographic projection shows New Guinea touching a proposed southern continent 'Terra Australis,' which runs the width of the map and is contiguous with Tierra del Fuego. In the north, Asia is separated from a proposed north-west America by the strait labelled 'Anian Fretum'; the imaginary island of Frisland appears south-east of Greenland. Burden notes that this map considerably improves the cartography of the west coast of South America. First published in 1606, this issue corresponds to the 1623 Latin edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas . Burden I, 150; Van der Krogt 9000:1B (from Atlas 1:105, 1623 Latin edition). Engraved double-page map, coloured by a contemporary hand, hand-coloured wood-engraved tailpiece, headline, page number and signature on verso, decorative ships, fishes and sea monsters, native Brazilians within cartouche to lower left, 376 x 505mm (plate mark), 443 x 542mm (sheet).
HONDIUS, Jodocus the Elder (1563-1612). America . Amsterdam: [1623]. Fine visualisation of the western hemisphere centred on the American continents , with an illustration of Brazilian native peoples engaged in communal drinking, and various scenes appropriated from De Bry's Grand Voyages including galleons, kayaks and Indian canoes, as well as birds perched on the lower cartouche. The stereographic projection shows New Guinea touching a proposed southern continent 'Terra Australis,' which runs the width of the map and is contiguous with Tierra del Fuego. In the north, Asia is separated from a proposed north-west America by the strait labelled 'Anian Fretum'; the imaginary island of Frisland appears south-east of Greenland. Burden notes that this map considerably improves the cartography of the west coast of South America. First published in 1606, this issue corresponds to the 1623 Latin edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas . Burden I, 150; Van der Krogt 9000:1B (from Atlas 1:105, 1623 Latin edition). Engraved double-page map, coloured by a contemporary hand, hand-coloured wood-engraved tailpiece, headline, page number and signature on verso, decorative ships, fishes and sea monsters, native Brazilians within cartouche to lower left, 376 x 505mm (plate mark), 443 x 542mm (sheet).
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