Antique Map Print - Theodor de Bry - Map Of Congo Durch Matthias Becker providing all the necessary explanations

providing all the necessary explanations and symbols used on the map

Åkerlund studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm

which became one of the leading lithographic companies of its time

He became known for his works depicting birds and other natural subjects

particularly exotic species

Antique Map Print - Theodor de Bry - Map Of Congo Durch Matthias Becker providing all the necessary explanationsDESCRIPTION: The Most Important Maps of West Africa Published in the Sixteenth Century. Fine example of Pigafetta's map of West Africa, from De Bry's Petit Voyages. Pigafetta's map of Africa based on the explorations of Duarte Lopes, a Portuguese whose voyages to the Congo Basin added to the speculation about the source of the Nile. The map depicts the portion of the Congo region visited by Duarte Lopes between 1578 and 1584, during his travels in