By Jan Janssonius (1588-1664)
Hand coloured copperplate engraving.

Jan Janssonius (also known as Johann or Jan Jansson or Janszoon) was a renowned geographer and publisher of the seventeenth century, when the Dutch dominated map publishing in Europe.

“One of the Earliest Obtainable Sea Charts of the Indian Ocean from the Dutch Golden Age”

This is a second state of Janssonius’ important sea chart of the Indian Ocean, showing early Dutch encounters with Australia with the addition of Tasman’s voyages. The most interesting changes to this version of the map can be found in Australia, which has a complete Northern coastline. The first state had none of the toponyms along the northern coast and only showed the encounters of Dutch ships with the Cape York Peninsula and the Western shore.

(restored, recoloured)

57.5cm x 46cm excluding mountboard, unframed.

R15,000.