Africa : divided according to the extent of its principall parts in which are distinquished one from the other the empires, monarchies, kingdoms, states, and peoples, which at this time inhabite Africa
Description
Type of resource | cartographic |
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Form | map; unmediated; sheet |
Extent | 1 map ; 54 x 89 cm |
Publication date | 1680 |
Issuance | monographic |
Map data | Scale in English and Italian miles, French, German and Spanish leagues ; W 18°--E 51°/N 37°--S 35° |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Berry, William, active 1669-1708 |
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Subjects
Subject | Africa > Maps |
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Genre | Map |
Genre | Cartographic image |
Genre | Early maps. |
Genre | Maps |
Bibliographic information
Note | Based on Jaillot's map, (see NOR 0046). Title across top: Africa distinguished in its principal parts viz. Barbary. Biledulgerid, Egypt, Zaara or The Desert, the Country of the Negros, Guinea, Nubia, Abissinea, Zanguebar; Congo, Monomotapa, Caffrares, the Islands of the Canaries, Cape Verd, St. Thomas, Madagascar or St. Lawrence ... Described by Sanson. Corrected and amended by William Berry. Dedicated to Charles II; Prime meridian through Ferro Island. |
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Note | Colored |
Acquisition | Dr. Oscar I. Norwich |
Local note |
David Rumsey Map Center copy 1: Norwich no. NOR
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Referenced by |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sw869bh7032 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Image from the Dr. Oscar I. Norwich collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 - ca. 1865 courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
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- License
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Collection
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 - ca. 1865
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