Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline and with ornate allegorical hand-colored border incorporating four portraits. 38.2x54.4 cm. (15x21½"). First State.

First state of an important world map, depicting California as an island. This is the first significant revision of the Mercator-Hondius map in nearly thirty-five years, accomplished by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius under the threat of new competition from W.J. Blaeu and his sons. "The partners' new world map is a fine ornate example of the decorative cartography of the time...For geographical detail Hondius has followed Speed and his contemporaries and also presents California as an island. New features include part of the north Australian coastline extending towards New Guinea and a redrawing of north-east Canada with 'Queen Anne's forland' (Baffin Island) shown completely encircled by open water" (Shirley). The four portraits are of Julius Caesar, Ptolemy, Mercator and Hondius. First state, dated 1630. Shirley 337.