Original Hand-Coloured Nautical Chart of West-Africa, c.1680

Sea Charts · 17th century

Original Hand-Coloured Nautical Chart of West-Africa, c.1680

€ 1 450

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1680
Sheet size: 51 × 58 cm (20.1 × 22.8 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13227

Condition

Repaired: Repair on bottom left corner. General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling. Repair on bottom left corner. Blank verso, with Dutch manuscript title. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

NIEUWE PASKAERT VAN DE KUST VAN GENEHOA (Senegal) alsmede een gedeelte van Gambia beginnende an C. Blanco tot C. Verde (...). Amsterdam, Johannus van Keulen, c. 1680.

Large folio coloured map in passe-partout. Large illustrated cartouche with title. North oriented west, see also the compass rose. Very impressive and decorative map of this part of Africa.