Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
La description d'Affricque selon les divers pais, animaux et monstres horribles.
Title in Translation:
A description of Africa showing the different countries, animals and monsters.
Publication Place:
Basel
Publisher:
Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Publication Date:
1550
Cartographer:
Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Physical Description:
Woodcut
Height:
12.4 cm.
Width:
15.5 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Top of map: Universelle, livre VI Le Sixiesme Livre de la Cosmographie, recueilly par Sebastian Munstere des bons autheurs tant anciens que moderuer, & assemble.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
16th c.
Norwich Number:
5
Call Number:
NOR 0005
Source:
Cosmographia (1550) (French edition)
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0005, p. 8
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

La description d'Affricque selon les divers pais, animaux et monstres horribles.