HONDIUS HENRICUS Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac H

Sale 1940 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 8,625

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

HONDIUS, HENRICUS. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. Double-page engraved world map, 380x545mm, wide margins, English text on verso; border elements entirely hand-colored, continents in outline; restoration along bottom half of fold with minor loss, light extraneous creases, cellotape stains at sheet edges (well outside the image). Amsterdam, 1630 [but 1636]

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This ornate world map by Hondius and Jansson shows California as an island, and is celebrated for its highly decorative border representing the four elements and depicting images of Caesar, Ptolemy, Jodocus Hondius and Mercator in the corners. The map was issued in every Mercator-Hondius atlas from 1633-58, but the English edition was published in 1636. <