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Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africa Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas relationes et observationes in subsidium vocatis quoque veterum Leonis Africani Nubiensis Geographi et aliorum monumentis et eleminatis fabulosis aliorum designationibus pro praesenti statu ejus aptius exhibita.
Title in Translation:
Africa according to the most recent reports and observations.
Publication Place:
Nuremberg
Publisher:
Homann Erben (Firm)
Publication Date:
1737?
Cartographer:
Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742
Height:
45 cm.
Width:
54 cm.
Scale:
Scale in Italian miles, German and nautical leagues
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
The title consists of a panel surrounded by elephant's tusks resting on a piece of masonry. On the left are four Africans and on the right an interview between Europeans and Africans. The African chief is sitting on the back on another who is crouching on a mat; Prime meridian through Ferro Island.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
83
Call Number:
NOR 0083
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0083, p. 98
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

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