1640 Carte de L'Afrique...

Carte de L'Afrique Corrigee, et augmentee dessus toutes les aultres cy devant faictes par P. Bertius 1640 By: Melchior Tavernier / Petrus Bertius   Date: 1640 (published) Paris Dimensions: 15.5 x 20 inches (39.37 x 50.8 cm) This splendid map is the first state of Petrus Bertius's map of Africa, printed by Tavernier. It is based on a 1624 map by Bertius, and named one of nine important lost maps of Africa by Richard Betz in his reference work The Mapping of Africa. This map was separately issued. The second state was published in 1661. Bertius's map of Africa is one of the earliest maps of Africa to be engraved in France. Melchior Tavernier, the printer, was one of the leading Paris publishers of the early 17th century. This grand decorative map shows Africa in great detail, with attractive engravings throughout. Much African wildlife is depicted everywhere on the continent, though not always in its natural habitat. The seas are full of fanciful monsters, flying fish, a merman and merma