Early map of Tercera

LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van.

A Cidade de Angra na Ilha de Iesu Xpo Da Tercera.
Frankfurt: Johann Theodore de Bry, 1601. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 395 x 560mm.

Minor repairs on binding folds.

A reduced version of Linschoten's map, acknowledged by de Bry in the lower text box, showing the island of Tercera, a major stopping place for ships en route to the Americas and Far East. Published in de Bry's 'Tertia Pars Indiae Orientas'


Stock ID : 19798