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Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
L'Africa divisa nelle sue Parti secondo le piu moderne, relationi colle scoperte dell'origine e corso del Nilo ...
Title in Translation:
Africa divided into its several parts according to recent information with the discoveries of the source of the Nile.
Publication Place:
Venice
Publisher:
Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718
Publication Date:
1691
Cartographer:
Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718
Height:
59 cm.
Width:
44 cm.
Scale:
Scale in Italian miles, French, Spanish, German and English leagues, sea leagues
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
First issued in Coronelli's atlas, Atlante Veneto. Double-sheet map includes a cartouche surrounded by various animals such as, an ostrich, crocodile, leopard, lion, camel, and an elephant. On the mainland a large piece of drapery with information about the Nile is encircled by two angels and Father Nile. Dedicated to Eccelenza del signor Gran Contestabile Colonna; Prime meridian through Ferro Island.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
56
Call Number:
NOR 0056
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0056, p. 69
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

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