Hondius, Henricus "Amercae pars Meridinalis" Amsterdam, (1641). With hand-colored cartouche and embellishments, including ships and sea monsters, equator and Tropic of Capricorn. French text on verso. Plate: 18 1/16 x 21 3/8 in. (458 x 543 mm), with narrow margins. Moderately to heavily browned, some spotting, brittle, chipping in blank margin, 3 1/2 in. (90 mm) fissure with small chip in body of map at bottom left. With Jansson, Jan "Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior" (Amsterdam), (ca.1640). Hand-outline color to cartouche and ship embellishments; without the ship found to the west of Madagascar on the earlier Bleau issues. Plate: 15 1/16 x 19 1/4 in. (382 x 489 mm), with narrow margins. Moderately to heavily toned, some spotting.