Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
L'Afrique selon les nouvelles observations de Messieurs de l'Academie de Sciences etc.
Title in Translation:
Africa according to the latest observations made by the Academy of Science.
Publication Place:
Leiden
Publisher:
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Publication Date:
1713
Cartographer:
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Height:
47 cm.
Width:
65 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Reissued in 1729. Cartouche includes a nude woman sitting on a rectangle of masonry located in a rural scene with elephants, a lion and a snake. Legend states, "I would rather show this part of Africa as unknown and unihabited than rely on my imagination." Title across top, Africa in praecipuas ipsius partes distributa ...
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
70
Call Number:
NOR 0070
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0070, p. 85
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

L'Afrique selon les nouvelles observations de Messieurs de l'Academie de Sciences etc.