Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. [INGA, ATHANASIUS, pseud.] West-Indische Spieghel, Waer inne men sien kan, alle de Eylanden, Provintien, Lantschappen, het machtige Ryck van Mexico, en 'tGout en Silver-rycke Landt van Peru... Amsterdam: B. Janszoon & J.P. Wachter, 1624. [Bound with:] ACOSTA, Jose de. Historie Naturael... Amsterdam: Broer Jansz, 1624. Small 4to (196 x 151 mm). 2 double page engraved maps, engraved title and numerous engravings in text. Some minor scattered browning and marginal dampstaining to a few leaves, lacking letterpress half-title. Contemporary vellum, manuscript shelf mark to spine. A highly important, landmark work on early American cartography, featuring maps that represent critical 'firsts' for the geography of North America. Purporting to be the work of a Peruvian Inca from Cusco, the text is generally attributed to Willem Usselincx, a foundational figure and originator of the Dutch West India Company. Most notably, the book features a map of North America that predates the celebrated Henry Briggs map of 1625, making it one of the earliest published maps to depict California as an island. Furthermore, it marks the first time that Hudson's Bay, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Monterey, and San Diego are definitively named on a printed map. Geographically, it also stands as the first map, manuscript or printed, to explicitly name the Hudson River. European Americana 624/74, 624/2; JCB (3) II:186; Sabin 34722, 127; Palau 119668; Bell I30; Tiele 520; Stokes II, pp. 139-140; Burden, Mapping of North America 210. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing