Totius Africa Nova Repræsentatio qua præter diverſos in ea Status et
          Regiones etiam Origo Nili et veris R.R.P.P. Mißionariorum Relationibus
          oſtenditur

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Creator	Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724

Note	Cartouche provides an elaborate scene depicting natives on the Nile bank. Nearby are monkeys, a sheep and a tortoise. Cherubs floating above complete the picture. Even though the map includes a note declaring the accuracy for the source of the Nile, it proves to be inaccurate; Prime meridian through Tenerif.
Note	Colored
Acquisition	Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
Local note	David Rumsey Map Center copy 1: Norwich no. NOR 0072.
Referenced by	Title Norwich, I., Pam Kolbe, and Jeffrey C Stone. Norwich's Maps of Africa: An Illustrated and Annotated Carto-Bibliography. 2nd ed. / rev. and edited by Jeffrey C. Stone. Norwich, Vt.: Terra Nova Press, 1997, map 0072, p. 87
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pj821wb4289

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Dr. Oscar I. Norwich collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 - ca. 1865

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