Lot #: 48673
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Description
This very rare map of Africa retains the continental outline from Gastaldi with the interior based primarily on Mercator's world map of 1569. This is evident in the river systems, including Sachaf lac as the source of the Zabere (Zembere), Cuama and R. d S. Spirito rivers in southern Africa. The map shows the Kingdom of Monomotapa extending down to the Cape, the Cuamo, the Rio de Spirite and the Rio Infanta.
Ortelius is also a source: the placement of Zanzibar on the southwest coast.
Decorated with six sea monsters and four sailing ships decorating the sea and
small vignettes of natives, some with bows and arrows, others with spears,
are placed on and around the map.
A very rare item, with a wonderful imprint.
Only one atlas was published by the de Jode family: Speculum Orbis Terrarum issued by Gerard de Jode in 1578, and then re-issued by his son Cornelis in 1593 as Speculum Orbis Terrae. The atlas was not a financial success and no other editions were published.
Unfortunately Cornelis' atlas met the same fate as that of his father's atlas, with very few copies being sold. On the death of Cornelis, the copper plates were sold to Jan Baptist Vrients, the publisher of Ortelius' atlas, who acquired them merely to stop their re-issue. As a result the map is very rare. Latin text on verso.
The map of Africa published in the 1578 edition of the Speculum was a relatively spartan work based directly on the somewhat antiquated cartography of Giacomo Gastaldi. In sharp contrast, the 1593 Africa Vera Forma presents a far more current delineation of Africa based largely on Mercator’s mapping – and in some areas--on Ortelius’s as well. The map was improved to compete aesthetically as well: it is among the most beautifully engraved, early maps of the continent.
Unfortunately Cornelis' atlas met the same fate as that of his father's atlas, with very few copies being sold. On the death of Cornelis, the copper plates were sold to Jan Baptist Vrients, the publisher of Ortelius' atlas, who acquired them merely to stop their re-issue. As a result the map is very rare. Latin text on verso.
The map of Africa published in the 1578 edition of the Speculum was a relatively spartan work based directly on the somewhat antiquated cartography of Giacomo Gastaldi. In sharp contrast, the 1593 Africa Vera Forma presents a far more current delineation of Africa based largely on Mercator’s mapping – and in some areas--on Ortelius’s as well. The map was improved to compete aesthetically as well: it is among the most beautifully engraved, early maps of the continent.
Reference: Norwich/Stone, Africa, map 19; Betz 27; Koeman, Dr. Ir. C., Atlantes Neerlandici, pp. 205-207; Sanderson, M. Atlases and Cartography, p. 106; Skelton, R.A., G. De Jode Speculum Orbis Terrarum (Introduction) pp. v-x; in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Second Series of Atlases in Facsimile; Stone, J. Maps of Africa, p. 27
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