Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers: Cosmographica Universalis.
Title in Translation:
The true shape of the world and the oceans.
Publication Place:
Hanover
Publisher:
Bunting, Heinrich, 1545-1606
Publication Date:
1592
Cartographer:
Bunting, Heinrich, 1545-1606
Physical Description:
Woodcut
Height:
27 cm.
Width:
36 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
"Jerusalem is sited in the centre of the map since it was regarded then as the centre of the world." Portion of America appears, Die Newe Welt. The sea contains four sea monsters. Top left: 8. Top right: 9.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
16th c.
Norwich Number:
18
Call Number:
NOR 0018
Source:
Itinerarum Saccrae Scripturae
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0018, p. 26
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

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