Cuba (et) Hispaniola; Jamaica...
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius 1609
(Koeman Me 19)
Copperplate engraving
35x49,5 cm
Verso: French text
Contemporary color
Condition: a bit crumpy in the lower, central; fold. No loss.
This attractive, early map of some of the main islands of the Caribbean is also looked for because it includes the first printed image of the harbor and city of Havana, portus celiberimus totius indiae occidentalis, the most famous port of the Caribbean.
San Salvador
1634 - Grands Voyages XIII - Original colour
Very rare map of the port of San Salvador in Brasil, as the last parts of the Grands Voyages of de Bry (after part IX) are extremely rare, let alone in original colour.
Zuyder deel van America
Amsterdam 1676 - 52 x 61 cm - original colour - left margin missing 1 cm and top margin missing 2 cm
Striking chart from Hendrick Doncker's sea atlas "WATERWERELD", showing the southern half of South America, from Peru to Tierra del Fuego with an inset of the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. In the middle of the map an inset of parts of Guatemala and Nicaragua. (Koeman Don 16)
America Meridionalis
1720 - original colour
Fine print on strong paper, nicely coloured and in excellent condition.
Vue du Port de la Havane
1830 - litho with original handcolouring
Particularly beautiful view of the port of Havana, with the city far away and a rural scene in the foreground.
