Bertius Freti Vaigats

Petrus Bertius.
Delineatio Freti Vaigats.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured.
£95
The straits between Novaya Zemlya and mainland Russia, an important route for early explorers. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0096