Collection name:
Maps of Africa mediaCollectionId Stanford~6~1 Maps of Africa Collection true
Record:
Title:
Africa. TITLE Africa. Title false
Publication Place:
Venice PUBPLACE Venice Publication Place false
Publisher:
Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718 PUBLISHER Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718 Publisher false
Publication Date:
1688 PUB_DATE 1688 Publication Date false
Cartographer:
Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718 CARTOGRAPHER Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718 Cartographer false
Height:
91 cm.
Width:
75 cm.
Scale:
No scale given SCALE No scale given Scale false
Color:
Uncolored COLOR Uncolored Color false
Descriptive Notes:
Six gores assembled to form one map. One of the most detailed of early maps of Africa. Coronelli stated "besides outlining the Monomotapa and Abyssinia Countries we have been the first to describe correctly the source of Nile River, correcting by many degrees the errors of the Ancients." (E.L. Stevenson, Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, vol. 2, p. 102). DESC_NOTES Six gores assembled to form one map. One of the most detailed of early maps of Africa. Coronelli stated "besides outlining the Monomotapa and Abyssinia Countries we have been the first to describe correctly the source of Nile River, correcting by many degrees the errors of the Ancients." (E.L. Stevenson, Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, vol. 2, p. 102). Descriptive Notes false
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich PROVENANCE Dr. Oscar I. Norwich Provenance false
General Area:
Africa GEN_AREA Africa General Area false
Geographic Focus:
Africa FOCUS Africa Geographic Focus false
Period:
17th c. PERIOD 17th c. Period false
Norwich Number:
52 NOR_NUM 52 Norwich Number false
Call Number:
NOR 0052 CALL_NO NOR 0052 Call Number false
Source:
Atlante Veneto SOURCE Atlante Veneto Source false
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463 REFERENCES Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463 References false
Page:
map 0052, p. 64 PAGE_NUM map 0052, p. 64 Page false
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program PROGRAM Jacobson Africana Program Program false

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