Guinea: Jansson 1639
- Author: Jan Jansson
- Date: 1639
- Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving
- Condition: Excellent
- Inches: 15 1/4" x 20 3/4"
- Centimeters: 39.10 x 53.21
- Product ID: 000073
Decorative map of the west-central African coastline, stretching from the area of Freetown, Sierra Leone on the left down to Equatorial Guinea on the lower right, and encompassing the territories of present-day Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon. A fanciful rendering of an ape sits atop a cartouche, flanked by a man and woman of the region. Two cherubs lug an elephant tusk through the water in the lower left, suggesting the riches of the ivory trade.
Original: $1,295.00
-65%$1,295.00
$453.25
Description
- Author: Jan Jansson
- Date: 1639
- Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving
- Condition: Excellent
- Inches: 15 1/4" x 20 3/4"
- Centimeters: 39.10 x 53.21
- Product ID: 000073
Decorative map of the west-central African coastline, stretching from the area of Freetown, Sierra Leone on the left down to Equatorial Guinea on the lower right, and encompassing the territories of present-day Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon. A fanciful rendering of an ape sits atop a cartouche, flanked by a man and woman of the region. Two cherubs lug an elephant tusk through the water in the lower left, suggesting the riches of the ivory trade.
