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AMERICAE DESCRIPTIO.

Cartographer:

MERCATOR/JANSSON

Title:

AMERICAE DESCRIPTIO.

Stock Code:

5551

Method:

Copper engraving

Publisher:

Jan Jansson

Colouring:

Original colour

Atlas:

Atlas Minor

Edition:

2nd German edition

Size: (W x H):

19cm x 14cm

5½ inches x 8 inches

Date:

1651

Price:

£345

Beautiful map of the Americas from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. The map shows a conjectured north-west passage, and a large land mass between Asia and North America.

Fine condition.

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