Cartographer:
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Engraver:
Joannes a Doetechum
Title:
Cochini Rex elephante vectus.
Stock Code:
6028
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Uncoloured
Atlas:
Histoire de la Navigation.
Size: (W x H):
31.5cm x 25cm
12½ inches x 10 inches
Date:
1638
Price:
£195
Handsome print of elephant and spear-bearing Cochin soldiers. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de Mer’ and ‘Histoire de la Navigation’, and were published individually and together in many editions from 1595 onwards.
Fine condition.