Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Carte de L'Afrique Meridionale ou Pays Entre la ligne & le cap de Bonne Esperance et L'Isle de Madagascar.
Title in Translation:
Map of southern Africa or countries between the equator and the Cape of Good Hope and Madagascar.
Publication Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Elwe, Jan Barend
Publication Date:
1792
Cartographer:
Elwe, Jan Barend
Height:
49 cm.
Width:
57.5 cm.
Scale:
Scale in nautical and traveling leagues
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Duplicate map. Originally issued by the Visscher family in 1710. Hendrik de Leth, married into the Visscher family took over the business and imprinted this map with his name. Two insets are shown, Cape Peninsula and Plan and elevation of Table Bay.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Southern Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
0180a
Call Number:
NOR 0180a
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0180a, p. 203
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Carte de L'Afrique Meridionale ou Pays Entre la ligne & le cap de Bonne Esperance et L'Isl…