The Bertius map of the northern Moluccas

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Moluccæ insulæ.
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1616. Coloured. 100 x 135mm.

Miniature map of the Moluccas, orientated with north to the right, with Sulawesi marked. It was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for his edition of Petrus Bertius's 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. Unlike the earlier plate, this version has longitude and latitude lines.

KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved.
Stock ID : 15211