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Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africa Vetus, Nicolai Sanson Christianis Galliar Regis Geographi Recognita Emendata et Multis in locis Mutata, Conatibus Geographicis Gulielmi Sanson N. Filii.
Title in Translation:
Africa in antiquity.
Publication Place:
Paris
Publisher:
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Publication Date:
1667
Cartographer:
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Height:
40 cm.
Width:
56 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
The continent is misshaped, containing numerous coastal inlets. "All the inhabitants of southern Africa are labeled 'Anthropophagi Aethiopes' or cannibals."
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
41
Call Number:
NOR 0041
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0041, p. 51
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

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