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Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Carte Nouvelle de la Mer du Sud, Dressee par ordre des principaux Directeurs et tiree des Memoires les plus recents ...
Title in Translation:
Map of the Southern Oceans.
Publication Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Leth, Andries de, 1662-1731; Leth, Hendrik de
Publication Date:
1730
Cartographer:
Leth, Andries de, 1662-1731; Leth, Hendrik de
Physical Description:
Copperplate
Height:
57 cm.
Width:
94 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
"Extends from the western half of Africa in the east to the East Indies in the west." California is shown as an island. Title across top: Nova mona Pacfic tabula ... Inset: Straits of Gibralter. Cape of Good Hope. Mexico City. Panama. Bay of Porto Bello. Scenes from the French Islands. Bay of Rio de Janeiro. Vera Cruz and Havana; Prime meridian through Ferro Island.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
320
Call Number:
NOR 0320
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0320, p. 366
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Carte Nouvelle de la Mer du Sud, Dressee par ordre des principaux Directeurs et tiree des …