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Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Insula S. Lavrentii, vulgo Madagascar.
Title in Translation:
The Island of Madagascar.
Publication Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Publication Date:
1666
Cartographer:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Height:
42 cm.
Width:
55 cm.
Scale:
Scale not given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
The rectangular-shaped title of the cartouche is surrounded by natives, birds, sheep and a chameleon. Map Iincludes islands near Madagascar. The sea is decorated with several ships and two compass roses with rhumb lines.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Islands
Geographic Focus:
Madagascar
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
336
Call Number:
NOR 0336
Source:
Grand Atlas
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0336, p. 385
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Insula S. Lavrentii, vulgo Madagascar.