The Portuguese Re-Supply Point of Mozambique Island:     Insular et arcis Mocambique ......Jan Huygen van Linschoten 

Original copperplate printed map
Original Color
248 x 318 mm
Map # AFS-097
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Linschoten (1562-1611) was employed as Secretary to the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa in India from 1583. Here, he had access to many Portuguese portolans as well as other valuable commercial information. Linschoten returned to Holland in 1592 and there wrote a history of his years of travel, the Itinerario..., which incorporated all that he had learned from the Portuguese. This book and the accompanying maps provided precise information on the Portuguese sea routes to the East, their re-supply points around Africa, and their trading stations in the East. The book had a tremendous influence on Dutch expansion in the East and particularly in Java.

These maps appeared in Linschoten's book published in Dutch in 1596, in Latin in 1599, English in 1598, French in 1610,1619, and 1638, and again in Dutch in 1605, 1614, 1623, and 1644 (Map Collector Circle). As there is no text on verso, it is difficult to precisely date this map.

Reference:  Tooley, Guide to Maps of Africa, p.67.  Map Collectors' Circle #30, p. 17, plate V.

Very Good Condition overall, with some water-staining and chips along left and right margin edge; Wide margins, beyond what is shown in the above image.