cartographic map cartographic image ne Amsterdam] Willem Blaeu [1635] 1621 monographic lat

cartographic material

map

map

1 map: copperplate engraving, 550 x 360 mm

unmediated

sheet

No Known Copyright No Known Copyright Auct. Guiljelmo Blaeuw. The map shows bird's eye views of major African cities across the top border. These include Tangiers, Ceuta, Algiers, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, the island of Mozambique, the mine at St. George in Guinea, and the Canary Islands. The sides have ethnographic depictions of the peoples of Africa, from top left: Moroccans, Senegalese, traders in Guinea, Congolese, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Mozambicans, the King of Madagascar, and those of the Cape of Good Hope. Relief shown pictorially Second (c. 1621 - 1635) or possibly third (c.1645) state of Blaue's map of Africa. See Betz (Mapping of Africa) #57.2, p; Tooley (Collectors' Guide to Maps of Africa ....) p. 29; Norwich (Maps of Africa) #32. Map of African continent with the Arabian peninsula marked with double coloured borders. Depiction of monsters, piranhas and ships at the sea. This carte - a - figures contain 3 pannels of vignette; the pannel depicts panoramic views of important towns of the continent; Tangier, Ceuta, Algiers, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, Mozambique, St. Georgeus della Mina and the Canaries. The left and right pannel are shown with individual costumed figures (in couples, man and wife); moroccans, Guineans, Senegalese, Congos, Egyptians, Abyssinians, Mozambiquean, Madagascar, ... panciled maps of this kind are very rare. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00917 Print Map Item-ID: i11402416 BIB-ID: 1172584 AFRICA - Maps and charts 1635 Africa Maps Early works to 1800 556199225 UKMGB 940101 20131210013949.0 ocn556199225 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng