Afheeldinghe der custen des landts Guinea, Manicongo, ende Angôla, ende voorts tot voorby de C. de boa esperança Linschoten, Jan Huygen van 1563-1611 Langren, Arnold Florent van 1580-1644 cartographic map cartographic image Early maps. ne Amsterdam] [A. Langren] [1596] 1596 monographic lat dut por

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This is a highly decorative map of the southwestern coast of Africa with early color. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. There are coastal views of the islands of Ascension and St. Helena within a strap work cartouche at the bottom of the map and two compass roses. The title cartouche is decorated with birds, fruit and scroll-work, the sea is decorated with ships and a sea-creature, and the land is decorated with animals and mythical creatures. Also this map covers the western coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to just beyond the Cape of Good Hope with excellent detail along the coastline. This map superbly engraved in the Flemish style by Florent van Langren, and the first Dutch edition of Linschoten's "Itinerario..." was published by Cornelis Claesz in 1596. No Known Copyright No Known Copyright Arnoldus F. á Langren delineauit, & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Companion map to Delineatio orarum maritimarum, terrae vulgo indigetatae terra do Natal item Sofalae, Mozambicae & Melindae ... Includes views of Ascension Island and Saint Helena, decorative cartouche and compass roses, and col. ill. Has watermark. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00240 Print Map Item-ID: i11400547 BIB-ID: 1843969 Title in Latin and English. Place names in Latin and Portuguese. fs----- Scale [ca. 1:13,000,000]. Coasts Africa, Southern Maps Early works to 1800 Africa, Southern Maps Early works to 1800 G8480 1596 .L5 239a Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611 NEW aacr QAFCL 150510 20150517013803.0 ocm00000NEW Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng