Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africa.
Publication Place:
Spain
Publisher:
Solis, Hermando de
Publication Date:
1598
Cartographer:
Solis, Hermando de
Height:
36.5 cm.
Width:
50 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
Similar to Abraham Ortelius map of Africa. Includes a scroll-type cartouche, with a lion's head on the lower border. Sea monsters and sailing vessels occupy the stippled sea.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
16th c.
Norwich Number:
25
Call Number:
NOR 0025
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0025, p. 33
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Africa.