Detail View: Maps of Africa: Africa ab Auctore Naturae Suis Dotibus Instructa Geographice Exhibita an MDCC.
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Title:
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Africa ab Auctore Naturae Suis Dotibus Instructa Geographice Exhibita an MDCC.
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Title in Translation:
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Africa geographically represented in 1700.
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Publication Place:
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Munich
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Publisher:
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Scherer, Heinrich, 1628-1704
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Publication Date:
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1700
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Cartographer:
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Scherer, Heinrich, 1628-1704
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Engraver:
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Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
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Height:
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22 cm.
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Width:
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35 cm.
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Scale:
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No scale given
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Color:
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Uncolored
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Descriptive Notes:
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Includes Arabia, India, the Middle East, and the bulge of Brazil. Includes islands, sea monsters (one of which has a human face), and flying fish. Animals and birds of Africa featured surrounding the cartouche; This map appeared in parts variously entitled: Geographica Naturalis, Atlas Marianne (1702), Geographica Politica, Geographica Artificalis, Tabellae Geographicae (1703), Critica Quadruportita (1710).
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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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17th c.
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Norwich Number:
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62
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Call Number:
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NOR 0062
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Source:
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Atlas Novus (1710)
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References:
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Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
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Page:
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map 0062, p. 76
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Program:
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Jacobson Africana Program
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