Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africae nova Tabula.
Title in Translation:
New map of Africa.
Publication Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Publication Date:
1641
Cartographer:
Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651
Engraver:
Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651
Height:
38 cm.
Width:
50 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Latin text on verso. Re-issue of Jodocus Hondius' map (see NOR 0029), without the borders. Ships, flying fish, sea monsters and a mermaid riding the waves decorate the seas. "The very full geographical description of Africa is typical of the seventeenth century, and is similar to that of Speed and Bleau."
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
34
Call Number:
NOR 0034
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0034, p. 44
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Africae nova Tabula.