Sandrart Africa

Jacob von Sandrart.
Accuratissima Totius Africæ Tabula.
Nuremberg, 1700. 490 x 575mm. Original colour. Narrow margin top left.
£600
A most decorative map of Africa. It still bases the course of the Nile on Ptolemy. Interestingly the map was engraved by Johann Baptist Homan, a couple of years before he founded his own publishing firm. NORWICH: 61. SAND0001