R1,200
Petrus Bertius - DESCRIPTIO AFRICAE
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius Jr, (1616 or 1618) [1616 or 1618]
Copperplate engraving, outline colour, tanning along edges, upper left corner: 616; verso: Latin title page, pencil note, two upper corners taped to mount board; framed
from Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum
9,5 by 13,2cm
Jodocus Hodius became the second publisher of Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum' after Claesz-Langenes and for an unknown reason decided to engrave new copperplates. Interestingly the southern point of Africa is narrower compared to the previous version. Betz speculates that because of similar geographic features, the Claesz-Langenes map may have been based on Al-Idrisi's map of the world. This was in The Book of Roger, written in Arabic and published in 1598 in Rome.
LITERATURE
Betz #56 (Claesz-Langenes map #37)
Tooley p.26
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