Guillaume BLAUEU (1571-1638) Africae Nova Description, circa 1630. Map of Africa from the famous atlas Atlantis Appendix, sive pars Altera, continens Tab:Geographicas diversarum Orbis regionum, printed in Amsterdam in 1631. Original enhanced engraving, containing vignettes with views of the main African cities (Tangiers, Ceuta, Algiers, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, Mozambique, Saint-Georges-de-la-Mine in Ghana, Canarie) and people's costumes (Moroccans, Senegalese, Guinean merchants, inhabitants of Cape Lopez in Gabon, Congolese soldiers, Egyptians, Abyssinians, Cafres of Mozambique, kings of Madagascar, inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope). Titled and signed in a cartouche "Auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw". With description of Africa on the back. 43 x 57 cm at sight. The most sought-after map of the Dutch Golden Age. Framed under glass.

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