WORLD MAPS


BUNTING (HEINRICH) Die Eigentliche und Warhafftige Gestalt der Erden und des Meers. Cosmographia Universalis, woodcut map, later hand-colouring, German text on verso, small repairs at fold with a couple of letters of text in margin supplied in manuscript facsimile [Shirley 143], 290 x 372mm., [Madgeburg, 1581]--[RUSCELLI (GIROLAMO)] Orbis descriptio, good margins, [Venice, 1598]; idem, another edition, shaved within platemark at upper blank margin (not touching image), [Venice, 1651], engraved maps, Latin text on verso [cf.Tooley 110], platemark 180 x 260mm. (3)
|Bunting's world map is celebrated for it's inclusion of a landmass (captioned "India Meridionalis") argued by some as depicting the west coast of Australia, therefore raising the the possibility of Portuguese knowledge continent before 1600.