Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Affricae Tabula Nova.
Title in Translation:
New map of Africa.
Publication Place:
Basel
Publication Date:
1580
Cartographer:
Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Height:
31 cm.
Width:
36 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Based on Abraham Ortelius' maps. The coastline is jagged, and the geography is slightly fictitious. The seas contain two small sailing vessels and one sea monster. The top reads: Africa, Libya, Dozenlandt mit allen koinigreichen ...
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
16th c.
Norwich Number:
14
Call Number:
NOR 0014
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0014, p. 20
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Affricae Tabula Nova.