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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 |
