[Chart of the East Coast of Africa and of Arabia Felix.]/ J. Teixeira. ([With special Charts of] Mõbaça, Mosambique, Sofala [and] Ilha de Sacatora)

[Chart of the East Coast of Africa and of Arabia Felix.]/ J. Teixeira. ([With special Charts of] Mõbaça, Mosambique, Sofala [and] Ilha de Sacatora) cartographic map cartographic image fr Paris [T. Moette?] 1663 monographic por No Known Copyright No Known Copyright Nautical chart Title devised by staff Depths indicated by stippling Map is in Portuguese with some placenames in Latin Tropics and Equator marked. Lat.degrees given on a meridian E. of tip of Arabian Peninsula. This chart gives the coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf,from G. Pigena ( N. of Cape Town ) to the tip of Ceylon. Sandbanks and rocks marked. One compass rose [low. r.]. ß with rhumb lines. On the left are plans of the harbour of Mobaça, Mosanbique, Sofala and Ilha de Sacatora.BM. Maps. 66945 (3). Appears in Relation de divers voyages curieux....par Melchisédek Thévenot. Paris,1696. fol. (Tibbetts) The chart also includes insets of the key trading posts and harbors at Mombassa, Mozambique and Sofala, as well as a detail chart of the island of Socotra, the primary Portugese trading points after rounding the Cape of Good Hope en route to India. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00410 Print Map Item-ID: i11401151 BIB-ID: 1172458 Africa (East Coasts) - Maps and charts 1649 Arabian Peninsula Maps Early works to 1800 556290323 UKMGB 940101 20131204031912.0 ocn556290323 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng