Detailed map of the region bounded by Haiti and Puerto Rico in the north and Venezuela in the south, extending to the Windward Islands. Prepared to illustrate the narrative of Garcia de Loyasa. Includes a pictorial title cartouche showing a Spaniard stabbing a person within a decorative tent.

A rare decorative map executed in detailed engraving and fine hand coloring. The map shows information of early voyages of exploration by the Spanish in mid-America.

Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch mapmaker and publisher who printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated books but is best known for his voluminous output of maps and atlases. Van der Aa was born to a German stonecutter from Holstein. Interestingly, all three van der Aa sons came to be involved in the printing business. Hildebrand was a copper engraver and Boudewyn was a printer.