Detail View: Maps of Africa: Carta Generale Dell' Africa.
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Title:
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Carta Generale Dell' Africa.
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Title in Translation:
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General map of Africa.
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Publication Place:
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Italy
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Publication Date:
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1740-1750
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Cartographer:
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L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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Height:
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33 cm.
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Width:
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42 cm.
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Scale:
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Scale in Italian miles
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Color:
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Uncolored
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Descriptive Notes:
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Italian edition. The cartouche illustrates a youth spearing a crocodile, another person riding a horse, nearby an elephant and a ostrich. An accurate geographical outline of the continent.
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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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18th c.
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Norwich Number:
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84
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Call Number:
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NOR 0084
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References:
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Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
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Page:
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map 0084, p. 100
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Program:
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Jacobson Africana Program
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