The chart shows Africa south from the Angolan coast to just beyond the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. There is also an inset of Saldanha Bay and the Cape of Good Hope with Table Mountain. This area was to become of extreme importance to the Dutch as a re-supply point and settlement for the Dutch East India trade. The Dutch established a permanent settlement at the Cape of Good Hope when the Dutchman, Jan van Riebeeck, landed there in 1652. A large title cartouche, surrounded by Africans holding various navigational instruments, dominates the bottom right of the chart.
Several ships are in the sea.
Two compass roses and numerous rhumb lines cover the seas. In a period when so many maps and charts were simply copied from other publishers, Doncker's charts were his own work and were noted for their accuracy and constant improvement. Doncker's sea charts were sold to Johannes van Keulen. It is believed that this chart came from the first French edition of L'Atlas de Mer. Moreland, Carl, and David Bannister.