Lot Essay
The English edition of Henricus Florent Langren's map, originally published by Jan Huighen van Linschoten in Amsterdam in 1596 (see lot 23).
Details
BECKIT, Robert. Deliniatur in hac tabula, orae maritimae Abexiae, freti Mecani, al Maris Rubri, Arabiae [etc], London: John Wolfe, [1598], hand-coloured engraved map, compass rose, sea-monster and galleons (remargined, a few minor repairs on verso), 380 x 515mm. [Tibbetts 51]
Further details
See front cover illustration