JANSSONIUS (Johannes).

Insulæ Flandricæ olim Asores Dictæ.

Double-page engraved map, 425 x 530 mm, in original outline colour, without text on the reverse. The margins slightly soiled, 1660.

£250.00

Detailed map of the Azores island group, a useful calling point for ships to stop to resupply; the islands also had a contemporary significance: early European mapmakers often measured Longitude from the Meridian of Ferro.

Stock No.
222875