Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Excellent
Confirmed: 29/09/2024
Date Acquired: 25/11/2015
Description: Metellus' map of the Pacific is among the rarest of the 16th Century maps of the Pacific Ocean. Unlike the other maps in De Acosta's work, this map is an entirely new production and is not derived from Cornelis Wytfliet's atlas of 1597. Instead, Metellus draws Abraham Ortelius' 1589 map of the same title, making it the second printed map devoted to the Pacific Ocean.
First published: ose de Acosta's Geographische Und Historische Beschreibung Der Uberauss Grosser Landshafft America.Cologne: 1598
Mapmaker: Metellus, Johannes (1517-1597)
Price: 6,600
Primary Category: Americas
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022. Inv. 2015-007
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: Burden, P.D. 122; Meurer, P.H. (Cologne) ACO 1 map Aco 20.
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1598
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