An especially attractive, visually appealing map of Africa.
Various animals appear in Africa.
The oceans contain a number of ships, sea monsters, as well as Neptune and mermaid in the lower left. Like Hondius' Americas map, this map has had a long history. It was first prepared in 1619 by Jodocus Hondius with four decorative borders. The third state removed the decorative borders and has the date of 1631 on the cartouche. The fourth state changed the date on the cartouche to 1641 and added the imprint of Janssonius to the bottom right.