Lot #: 25181
Cimbebas et Caffariae Littora a Catenbela ad Promontorium.. |
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Selling price: $1350
Sold in 2008 |
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Description
The coast of Angola, South-West Africa and South Africa up to Port Elizabeth. Classic sea chart of Dutch school with excellent baroque embellishment. North oriented to the left. The southwestern coastline is covered including the Cape of Good Hope.
The large title cartouche is a great compendium of Africa featuring exotic wildlife, European traders and natives. At the bottom right a large vignette shows Neptune and his consort in a chariot drawn by three aquatic horses.
The chart is further embellished with two sea battles, two compass roses and rhumb lines. The title is in both Latin and Dutch : Pascaerte van Cimbebas en Caffares Streckende van Catembela tot Cabo de Bona Esperanca.
Reference: Norwich, Maps of Africa 254.
The large title cartouche is a great compendium of Africa featuring exotic wildlife, European traders and natives. At the bottom right a large vignette shows Neptune and his consort in a chariot drawn by three aquatic horses.
The chart is further embellished with two sea battles, two compass roses and rhumb lines. The title is in both Latin and Dutch : Pascaerte van Cimbebas en Caffares Streckende van Catembela tot Cabo de Bona Esperanca.
Reference: Norwich, Maps of Africa 254.