Detail View: Maps of Africa: [Depicts Africa from the Mediterranean to The Cape, excluding West Africa]
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Title:
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[Depicts Africa from the Mediterranean to The Cape, excluding West Africa]
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Publication Place:
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Rome
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Publisher:
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Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604
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Publication Date:
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1591
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Cartographer:
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Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604
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Engraver:
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Natalis, Bonifacio
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Height:
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62 cm.
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Width:
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43 cm.
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Scale:
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Scale in hundred leagues
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Color:
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Uncolored
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Descriptive Notes:
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Pigafetta's depiction of the origin of the Nile is an important landmark in the historical cartography of the Nile water basin, completely changing the traditional Ptolemaic concept. Dedicated to Antonio Miglioni Vescovo S. Marco.
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Provenance:
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Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
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General Area:
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Africa
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Geographic Focus:
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Africa
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Period:
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16th c.
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Norwich Number:
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16
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Call Number:
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NOR 0016
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Source:
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Relatione del reame di Congo et delle circonvicine contrade (1591)
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References:
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Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
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Page:
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map 0016, p. 23
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Program:
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Jacobson Africana Program
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