Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium a Promontorio Bonae Spei ad C. Comorin.
Title in Translation:
The Indian Ocean from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Comorin.
Publication Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Wit, Frederik de
Publication Date:
1680
Cartographer:
Wit, Frederik de
Height:
44 cm.
Width:
54 cm.
Scale:
Scale in Dutch and French miles
Color:
Outline color
Descriptive Notes:
"One of four charts of the coast of Africa, that first appeared in Wit's Zee Atlas of 1675. Both Ottens and Renard appear to have adapted some of the plates for their own use." Cartouche includes several animals, a tiger, snake, lion, ostrich, and a cow. A group of figures stand on top of the title. Two compass roses radiate rhumb lines.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Oceans
Geographic Focus:
Oceans
Map Use:
Sea chart
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
256
Call Number:
NOR 0256
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0256, p. 293
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium a Promontorio Bonae Spei ad C. Comorin.