1719 Iceland, miniature map by Mallet, hand coloured

Manesson Mallet

Engraved by John. Jac. Vogel

Issued in the series "Beschreibung des ganzen Welt Kreises....", a German translation of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers"

Publisher: Johann Adam Jung in Frankfurt. 1719.

Sheet: 20 x 16.5 cm.

Hand colour.

Marginal age toning and paper fault to lower margin.

This is a great little miniature map of "Island" with scenes of whaling in the sea between Iceland and Greenland and a raging naval battle in the foreground. The map was based on the work of Gerard Mercator and Johannes Blaeu. Blank verso. From the German edition of Manesson-Mallet's Description de l'Univers.