c.1646 (approximate)

Hand-coloured copperplate engraving by the cartographer Cornelis Claesz.

The inset, bottom right, is 'Mossel Bay', which was named by the Dutch in 1601.

The title which is printed across the map is: MOTA | PA [Monomotapa]. The names on this map – 'Cape of Good Hope’ and ‘Land of Natal' – are from the Portuguese explorers..

Technology: Copperplate, later colour
Artist: Unknown
Verso/Recto: Latin text 
Prime meridian: No longitude

Minor foxing with some marks along the bottom perimeter and creases along the fold lines.

230 x 163mm

R3,500