Bertius Newfoundland

Petrus Bertius.
Terra Nova.
Amsterdam, 1600. 90 x 125mm.
£390
Newfoundland, with the coasts of Quebec and an unrecognisable Nova Scotia. Sable Island and the Grand Banks are marked, as is 'S.Brandan', the island supposedly discovered by an Irish monk in the sixth century. From Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0098