1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Solomon Islands Date : 1804

Date : 1804

Abstgemünd and Bühlertann

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

From the time of the 5th century BC Shu Jing forward

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1628 Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator Antique Map of Africa - Beautiful Solomon Islands Date : 1804Title : 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