domingo, 18 de mayo de 2008

Linschoten 1598 Spice Islands



MAKER
Plancius
TITLE
Insulae Moluccae ...
PLACE ISSUED
Amsterdam
FIRST EDITION
1598
THIS EDITION
1598
SIZE (hxw cms)
38.0 x 53.0
AREA SHOWN
Spice map
TECHNIQUE
Copper engraving
PAGE NUMBER
SIGNATURE
VERSO
blank
COLOURING
b/w
CONDITION
The overall quality of this antique map is excellent
DESCRIPTION
Extremly rare map engraved by Roger Beckit and published by John Wolfe. The map occurs only in the 1598 English edition of Jan Huyghen van Linschoten's Itinerario.