A 16th century miniature map of South America in original colour.

LANGENES, Barent.

Peruana. Description Americae Australis.
Amsterdam, Cornelius Nicolas, c.1603, Latin text edition. Original colour. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle ' Description Americae Australis' and pagination.

A scarce map of South America, engraved by either Jodocus Hondius or Pieter van den Keere in 1598 'Caert-Thresoor', here published in the 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum' with a text by Petrus Bertius. Original colour is very unusual for these maps.
In 1616 a new plate was engraved by Jodocus Hondius II, slightly larger and with wider borders with scales of longitude and latitude.


Stock ID : 22563