AFRICA - MAP [LOOTS (JOHANNES)] Nieuwe Naauwkeurige Land- en Zee-kaart, van het voornaamste Gedeelte der James Wyld Kust, Begrypende de Sardanje-Bay en de Caap de Bonne Esperanc[e], hand-coloured engraved map of the Cape of Good Hope, pictorial title cartouche above a large vignette of an African man seated with a lion and a hyena, short inset text noting the discovery of the Cape in 1486 by Bartholomew Dias, backed with archival tissue, some neat repairs upper right (with 2 or 3 small losses, the largest approx. 20 x 8mm. in blank area, one smaller area in pen facsimile), good margins [Jeffrey C. Stone, ed. 'Norwich's Maps of Africa', 1997, no. 207], 600 x 495mm., [Amsterdam, c.1699-1703] Footnotes: VERY RARE EXAMPLE OF 'ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LANDMARKS IN THE MAPPING OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE... [depicting] the eastward expansion of the colony across the sandy isthmus; it was the first printed map of the Cape of Good Hope to use the name Hottentot and to locate the areas in which these indigenous people lived; it provided a concise history of the discovery and naming of the Cape of Good Hope and it explained why Saldanha Bay, a better harbour than Table Bay, was not the site of the first Dutch settlement; finally, it was the first map to record a feature of the unique Cape Floristic Region' (Roger Stewart, 'Nieuwe Naauwkeurige Land- en Zee-kaart, van... Caap de Bonne Esperanc[a]', in The International Map Collectors Society Journal, no. 126, 2014). Anonymously published, the map is now firmly attributed to the Amsterdam-based instrument and chart-maker Johannes Loots (1665-1726). For this map he appears to have had access to manuscript maps secretly produced by, and for, the sole use of the Dutch East India Company. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing