By Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638).

c. 1635.

Hand coloured copperplate engraving.

The West coast of Africa is depicted with cities, buck and Elephant. Some of these states have names that relate to popular commodities of the time: The Grain Coast, the Ivory Coast on so on.

Sailing ships, and a turtle, can be seen in the oceans. The decorative cartouche features a scale in German miles.

Framed 950mm x 780mm
Unframed (map only) 410mm x 600mm

R15,000