Rare first edition of the Hulsius map of South America

HULSIUS, Levinus (1564-1606).
Nova et exacta delineatio Americae Partis Australis Que est. . .
Engraved map. Nuremburg, 1599.
19" x 13 1/4" sheet.

Comparable: Sotheby's 2008 - 3,125 GBP.

Rare first edition of the Hulsius map of South America, which appeared in his "Brevis & admiranda descriptio regni Guianae, auri abundantissimi, in America" Hulsius' edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's travels in America. Includes allegorical and mythological figures, sea monsters and sailing ships along the coast line. The map was originally published by Hulsius to illustrate Schmide's Vera Historia, one of the volumes of his collection of voyages. This is one of the most accurate maps of northern South America of the 16th century.