South Africa, Nautical chart, Wit, 1690.

£750.00

SKU: MAAF0051 Category:

533 mm by 426 mm

Description

Cimbebas et Caffariae Littora a Catenbela ad Promontorium Bonae Spei.

Nautical chart showing the South Atlantic Ocean off South Africa

A hand coloured antique copper engraving nautical chart showing the South Atlantic Ocean off the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, with Rhumb lines, campus roses and ships in the sea.

In the top left there is a large cartouche including the title on top a rock with lions below. At the bottom right is an emblematic pictorial of Neptune.

Published in 1690 by Frederick de Wit.

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