{"product_id":"europe-by-andre-thevet","title":"\u003cb\u003eEUROPE 1575\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEurope by Andre Thevet","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Thevet, Andre \u003cbr\u003eTitle: Europe \u003cbr\u003eDate: 1575 \u003cbr\u003ePlace: Paris \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 35.5cm x 45cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle sheet, verso blank. Scarce woodblock map of Europe by Andre Thevet, showing Europe in remarkable detail, and the mythical island of Frislande in the West.\u003cbr\u003eThe charted area spans from Greenland in the West to the Black Sea in the East. The top of Africa, with Algiers, Tunis and the island of Malta in the South to the Northeast passage above Scandinavia in the North. Row boats, sailing ships and sea monsters are depicted in the oceans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThevet, a well-travelled Franciscan monk, produced this map for his \u003cem\u003eCosmographie Universelle \u003c\/em\u003epublished in Paris in 1575.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good indeed, unsophisticated but for a small repair to the centerfold at the top edge. Centerfold thinning in parts but not visible from the recto. Faint tide mark to verso. Very small ink blemish (\u0026lt;0.5cm) in the North-West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray van Wyk Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51525721260352,"sku":null,"price":18900.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/4460\/7040\/files\/IMG_3966-Edited.png?v=1770818250","url":"https:\/\/www.rayvanwykrarebooks.com\/products\/europe-by-andre-thevet","provider":"Ray van Wyk Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}