Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Carte Particuliere des Costes de L'Afrique qui Comprend le Pays de Cafres &c. Levee par Ordre Expres des Roys de Portugal sous qui on en a Fait la Decouverte.
Title in Translation:
Specific map of the African coast including Caffraria.
Publication Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Mortier, Pierre
Publication Date:
1700
Cartographer:
Mortier, Pierre
Height:
57 cm.
Width:
82 cm.
Scale:
Scale in French, English, German, Spanish and Portuguese leagues
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
Indicates many rivers and settlements discovered by the Portuguese. The sea contains a sixteen-point compass rose with rhumb lines. Inset: Island of Inhancato and the fortress of Sofala.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Oceans
Geographic Focus:
Oceans
Map Use:
Sea chart
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
263
Call Number:
NOR 0263
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0263, p. 300
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

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