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Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, Novissima et Exactissima Descriptio Auctore Vernando Alvaro Secco, et de Integro Emendata, Anno 1600.

  • ARTIST: Gerard Mercator

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1606

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 1/8 x 19 1/4" (33.3 x 48.9 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A beautiful map of Portugal. This fine map was engraved by Baptista van Doetecum and is richly embellished with title, dedication and scale cartouches, two sailing vessels, a compass rose and a sea monster. Based upon Alvares Secco's map of 1561.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: French text on verso,

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color save for some faint damp staining in the upper right corner.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps