The West Indian Islands from the First edition of the 'Atlas Minor'

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Cuba Insul; Hispaniola; Havana Portus; Iamaica, I.S. Ioannis, I. Margareta.
Amsterdam, 1607, First Edition, Latin text. Coloured. 145 x 185mm.

Slight mount burn.

The first issue of this plate, with six maps:two larger maps of Cuba and Hispaniola, each with a title cartouche and scale, and four smaller maps, Havana Harbour, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Margarita Island (off the coast of Venezuela).
From the first edition of the 'Atlas Minor', a pocket atlas version of the Mercator/ Hondius atlas. In 1621 the printing plates were sold to a London publisher, so later Dutch editions used new plates by Jansson.

KOEMAN: Me 186.
Stock ID : 21954