Regnvm Congo hoc est Vera descriptio regni Africani, qvod tam ab incolis qvam Lusitanis Congus appellatur.
This 1624 Frankfurt edition, issued by the de Bry heirs from Filippo Pigafetta's account of Congo and Casiodoro de Reina's translation, was made for European readers curious about West Africa and the Portuguese presence there. The pictures are fine engraved maps with dense place names, ornate cartouches and compass roses, plus costumed figure plates of African men with spears and bows that a designer could borrow for decorative cartographic framing.
