Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo & Angolae ultra promontorium Bonae spei usque ... / ...

A detailed 16th-century nautical chart, or portolan-style map, displays the coast of West and South Africa, extending across the South Atlantic Ocean toward Brazil. The map features three large compass roses, several galleons, a sea monster, and elaborate strapwork cartouches. At the bottom, an ornamental frame presents landscape profiles of the islands of Ascension and Saint Helena. Rhumb lines overlay the ocean surface.

German miles, of which 15 correspond to one degree

Spanish leagues, 17 ½ corresponding to one degree

An ornate scale bar in the upper left corner is decorated with a pair of dividers held by a hand emerging from a cloud.

A large decorative cartouche on the right side of the ocean area contains a bilingual title in Latin and Dutch, surmounted by a coat of arms with five shields (the Portuguese quinas) and flanked by two figures holding navigational instruments.

A model of the maritime coasts of Guinea, Manicongo, and Angola, beyond the Cape of Good Hope, with all harbors, islands, reefs, sandbanks, and shallows, and the true width of the Ethiopian Ocean from east to west towards Pernambuco and the Cape of Saint Augustine on the Brazilian coast. Included are the islands of the same ocean, especially those of Saint Thomas, Saint Helena, the Island of Ascension, and many others, with their genuine paths. Everything is accurately taken and corrected from the best Indian hydrographic charts.

[Dutch translation of the above text: A depiction of the coasts of the land of Guinea, Manicongo, and Angola, and continuing beyond the Cape of Good Hope, with all the harbors, islands, cliffs, dry grounds, and shallows; along with the entire breadth of the Ethiopian Ocean, which extends from the east to the west to Pernambuco and the Cape of Saint Augustine on the coast of Brazil, which also includes all of its islands, such as prominently Saint Thomas, Saint Helena, the Island of Ascension, with many others, with their most accurate layout, all very correctly drawn and improved from the best Indian sea charts.]

ASCENSION
A profile view of the mountainous coast of Ascension Island displays several peaks with a ship anchored nearby.
S. HELENA
A profile view of the rugged, mountainous coastline of Saint Helena Island.

Top edge (Guinea coast):
PART OF GUINEA; Cape of 3 Points; Island of Fernando Po; Island of the Prince; Island of Saint Thomas; Island of Annobón

Right side (African continent):
MEDRA; TIGRAI; PART OF AFRICA; VANGUE; DAMUTE; MANICONGO; Angola; Cape Ledo; BAGAMETRO; PART OF MONOMOTAPA; BUTUA; Cape of Good Hope; Cape of the Needles

Ocean Islands:
Island of Fernando de Noronha; Cape of Saint Augustine; Island of Saint Matthew; Island of Saint Helena; Island of Ascension; Island of Tristan da Cunha