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Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Barbariae et Guineae Maritimi a Freto Gibralta ad Fluvium Gambiae cum Insulis Salsis Flandricis et Canaricis.
Title in Translation:
Sea chart of the Barbary and Guinea coasts from the Straits of Gibraltar to Cape Verde.
Publication Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Ottens, R. (Reinier), 1698-1750; Ottens, J. (Josua), 1704-1765
Publication Date:
No date
Cartographer:
Ottens, R. (Reinier), 1698-1750; Ottens, J. (Josua), 1704-1765
Height:
48 cm.
Width:
56 cm.
Scale:
Scale in Dutch and French miles
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Map includes coast of Spain and Portugal. The sea shows several ships engaged in battle. Two compass roses radiate numerous rhumb lines. The cartouche illustrates a scene of a Moor holding a decapited head. Similar cartouche to van Keulen map (see NOR 0267).
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Oceans
Geographic Focus:
Oceans
Map Use:
Sea chart
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
252
Call Number:
NOR 0252
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0252, p. 289
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

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