A scarce and beautiful hand coloured map of the second early expansion of the Cape of Good Hope Settlement beyond The Castle and Liesbeeck River and the Hottentots Holland mountain range. According to Dr Roger Stewart (as outlined in a previous listing on antiquarianauctions.com) the map is historically important because of the names some of the early settlers and their farms.
Published by G Albrizzi, Florence, 1750
The map was published in 1750 in Albrizzi's Atlante Novissimo Del Sig. Guglielmo De L'Isle; the title of the atlas led to the map being previously incorrectly attributed to the famous French cartographer Guillaume Delisle- despite being written in Italian!
According to Dr Stewart: "Carta geographica del Capo di Bona Speranza first was published in 1740; this map came from the second edition of the Atlante Novissimo (1750). The engraver is not known, but, according to Scholte, the first edition of the Atlante Novissimo (1740) indicated that most of the maps were engraved by Isaac Tirion. However the only known copy of the first edition of the atlas was lost during the 1966 flood of the Arno River in Florence. This map is similar to a smaller map by Pieter Van der Aa: Le Cap de Bonne Esperance. Both maps are derived from a 1690 manuscript map produced by the VOC." Depicts a beautiful decorative engraving including elephant and rhinoceros, including their habitat further inland.
Printed on heavy parchment paper with the left margin cropped closely to the plateline but there is an adequate margin.
Condition: Very good. Fold through the middle. Scattered foxing
References:
Norwich's Maps of Africa #218
africanamaps.com
Scholte, Mieke. 'Vier Kaarten van de Kaap der Goede Hoop' Caert Thresoor 1986, 5(4), 75 - 85 1987, 6(2), 19 - 22 1988, 7(1), 10 - 17 1750
- Jacket Condition: N/A
- Binding Condition: N/A
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 43 x 33 cm
