Hondius. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. 1630 [but 1633]

Property of the Late Gunnar Skoog

HONDIUS, HENDRIK

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Amsterdam, 1630 [but 1633]

(464 x 559mm.), double-page engraved twin hemispherical world map decorated with scenes of the four elements and portraits of Jodocus Hondius, Gerard Mercator, Claudius Ptolemy and Julius Caesar, hand-coloured, German text to verso, a few minor marginal repaired tears 

A FINE COPY, of what is regarded as "the oldest dated map in an atlas on which a Dutch discovery in Australia has been shown cartographically" (Schilder). Geographically, the map is typical of the period, with California shown as an island, North America without the Great Lakes, and a large Terra Australis Incognita.

LITERATURE:

Shirley 336; Schilder 39