Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africa vetus.
Title in Translation:
Africa in antiquity ...
Publication Place:
Paris
Publisher:
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Publication Date:
1650
Cartographer:
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Engraver:
Peyrounin, A.
Height:
39 cm.
Width:
55 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Outline color
Descriptive Notes:
The cartouche is composed of two eagles. The lower part consists of leaves and fruit. Southern part of Africa indicates that the "inhabitants are 'Anthropophagi Aethiopes' or cannibals."
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
35
Call Number:
NOR 0035
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0035, p. 45
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Africa vetus.