Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africae Pars meridionalior.
Title in Translation:
Southern Africa.
Publication Place:
Leiden
Publisher:
Guyot, Christoffle (printer)
Publication Date:
1606
Cartographer:
Bertius, Petrus, 1565-1629
Height:
8.5 cm.
Width:
12 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
" ... issued originally in 1598, then at six different periods until 1618." Includes a sea monster in the Aethiopicus Oceanus. Highly detailed coastline. Title across top: La Pointe d'Afrique. Top right: 105. Bottom right: Cgs.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Southern Africa
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
153
Call Number:
NOR 0153
Source:
Barent Langene's Caert Thressor (1606)
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0153, p. 173
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Africae Pars meridionalior.