ARTIST: Henricus Hondius
PUBLISHER: Mercator-Hondius, Amsterdam.
MEDIUM: Handcolored copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1606-30.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 3/4 x 19" (34.7 x 48.3 cm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A beautiful map of Mexico covering an area from just north of Mazatlan to Acapulco and from Tehuacan to the Sierra Madres. An ornate and highly decorative map, with fabulous title cartouche, sailing ship, and sea monster (whale). An example from a Latin text edition of the Gerard Mercator / Henry Hondius "Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes..."
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair condition. Paper repairs within map. Backed with ricepaper.
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