HONDIUS, Henricus: Tabula Islandiae Auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro

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HONDIUS, Henricus : Tabula Islandiae Auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro

380 x 490 mm., in recent outline colour, light show through of text, otherwise in good condition.

A superb ornate map of Iceland displaying a volcano in all its explosive glory. The map is derived from a Dutch navigator called Joris Carolus about 1620. The map is dominated by prominent mountains and volcanoes. It was first issued in the 'Appendix' of 1630. This example is with Dutch text from the edition of 1634. Dreyer-Eimbcke, Oswald. (2000). ‘Cartographic History of Iceland’, in IMCoS Journal no. 81 pp.13-33; Van der Krogt, P. (Atlantes) 1250:1B.1.

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