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Melchior & Gaspar Trechsel, Lyons, c. 1535
Black & White, Very Good;, Size : 320x400 (mm), 12.60x15.75 (Inches)
No text on verso.
This is based on Waldseemuller's map (Norwich 286), with borders and ornaments by Holbein and Graf. The reissued map includes six kings seated on their thrones, a rhinoceros, a cyclops, and two oxen.
"As northern Africa was better known than southern Africa at that period it has more geographical information in the interior. Various kingdoms are described, with a multitude of coastal names, and as with the southern part [...] these are placed within the coastline. The Mediterranean and Red Seas are prominently featured as well as a number of islands on the northwest coast -- Madeira, the Canaries, etc. -- which at that time were already well known to the Portuguese in their initial efforts to discover a route to the Indies." (Norwich), Norwich 286
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