domingo, 18 de mayo de 2008

Linschoten Wolfe 1598 Far East



MAKER
Wolfe / Linschoten
TITLE
Exacta & Accurata ... The trew description …
PLACE ISSUED
Amsterdam
FIRST EDITION
1598
THIS EDITION
1598
SIZE (hxw cms)
37.7 x 50.0
AREA SHOWN
Far East
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 in the 1598 English edition of Jan Huyghen van Linschoten's Itinerario. The map is a pirate copy of a similar map in the regular Linschoten editions