1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Solomon Islands The first European explorer to

The first European explorer to visit the region (and Australia) was the Dutch Willem Janszoon (whose name is also written as Jansz) in 1605–6

Prussia and the Habsburgs (Austria) competed for hegemony in the German states during the Napoleonic Wars

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Date : 1804

1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Solomon Islands The first European explorer toTitle : Nova Africae Tabula. Auctore Jodoco Hondio Excusum in aedibus Auctoris Amsterodami. Ref #: 35626 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Size: 22 1 2in x 17 1 4in (615mm x 530mm) Date: 1628 Description: This original beautifully hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of Africa by Jodocus Hondius, after Gerard Mercator, was published in the 1628 Latin edition of Mercators Atlas Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi This is a