Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Representatio Totius Africae ...
Title in Translation:
Representing the whole of Africa ...
Publication Place:
Munich
Publisher:
Scherer, Heinrich, 1628-1704
Publication Date:
1710
Cartographer:
Scherer, Heinrich, 1628-1704
Height:
22 cm.
Width:
34 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
Similar but less detailed than Scherer's map (see NOR 0062). An angel carrying a scroll with an extract from the Bible. Below the angel are five figures in native African and oriental dress. In the opposite corner are four figures kneeling and praying.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
68
Call Number:
NOR 0068
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0068, p. 83
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Representatio Totius Africae ...