1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Portraits a favored few sold their

a favored few sold their maps to royalty and claimed titles such as \\\"geographer to His Majesty

The Mitchell Map by John Mitchell (1711–1768) is considered the most famous map of North America both cartographically and historically

This copper-plate engraved original antique map of Duff or Wilson Islands located northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu

The Russians knew of Novaya Zemlya from the 11th century

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1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Portraits a favored few sold theirTitle : Nova Africae Tabula. Auctore Jodoco Hondio Excusum in aedibus Auctoris Amsterodami. Ref #: 35626 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Size: 22 1 2in x 17 1 4in (615mm x 530mm) Date: 1628 Description: This original beautifully hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of Africa by Jodocus Hondius, after Gerard Mercator, was published in the 1628 Latin edition of Mercators Atlas Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi This is a