RARE c.1610 MERCATOR-HONDIUS ATLAS MAPS – STRAIT OF MAGELLAN & SCOTLAND

RARE c.1610 MERCATOR-HONDIUS ATLAS MAPS – STRAIT OF MAGELLAN & SCOTLAND – ORIGINAL HAND COLOR

Offered are two authentic early seventeenth-century copper-engraved maps from the celebrated Mercator-Hondius Atlas, among the most important atlases of the Age of Discovery.

Included:

FRETUM MAGELLANICUM – An extraordinary early map of the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, and the southern extremity of the New World. Richly detailed with compass rose, rhumb lines, and contemporary hand coloring.

SCOTIAE III TABULA – A beautifully engraved map of northern Scotland and the Hebrides, featuring an elaborate decorative cartouche and original hand color.

Both maps retain their original Latin text versos and are attributable to the Mercator-Hondius Atlas published in Amsterdam circa 1610.

Highlights

Original 17th-century copper engravings

Original hand coloring

Latin text on verso

Age of Discovery cartography

Mercator-Hondius Atlas issue

Genuine period paper

Outstanding display pieces

Condition

Authentic period condition with fold wear, edge losses, toning, staining, and minor separations consistent with more than four centuries of age. Please review photographs carefully.