Hand coloured copperplate engraving by Louis Renard after Frederick de Wit’s 1680 sea chart. This sea chart is curiously ‘on it’s side’ because it was created before the convention of orientation maps to have North at the top of the page. Note too, the hedge betting of the cartographer who hints at the more pointed shape of Southern Africa. The rumb lines are for naval navigation.
Some minor tears.

620mm x 534mm unframed.

R20,000.