Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
A new Map of Africa Designed by Mounsir Sanson, Geographer to the French King. Rendered into English and Illustrated with Figurs by ... by the Kings Especiall Command.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Blome, Richard, d. 1705
Publication Date:
1669
Cartographer:
Blome, Richard, d. 1705
Engraver:
Lamb, Francis
Height:
39 cm.
Width:
54 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Outline color
Descriptive Notes:
Similar to Sanson's map (see NOR 0035). Blome added ships, sea monsters and the dedication to the Right Honourable Charles Howard.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
42
Call Number:
NOR 0042
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0042, p. 52
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

A new Map of Africa Designed by Mounsir Sanson, Geographer to the French King. Rendered in…