Description de L'Afrique : contenant les noms, la situation & les confins de toutes ses parties, leurs rivieres, leurs villes & leurs habitations, leurs plantes & leurs animaux; les mœurs, les coûtumes, la langue, les richesses, la religion & le gouvernement de ses peuples ; avec des cartes des etats, des provinces & des villes, & des figures en taille-douce, qui representent les habits & les principales ceremonies des habitans, les plantes & les animaux les moins connus
Abstract/Contents
- Table of contents
- Map 1. Africæ accurata tabula / ex officina Iacobum Meursium -- Map 2. Nova Ægypti tabula -- Map 3. De stadt Alexandrie of Scanderik = La ville Alexandria ou Scanderik -- Map 4. De stadt Cairus = Le Caire -- Map 5. Tocht der karavane uyt Kairo op Mecha = Marche de la caravane de Caire à la Meque -- Map 6. Egiptische piramiden = Piramides d'Egypte -- Map 7. Barbaria Biledulgerid o. Libye et pars Nigritarum terra -- Map 8. Fezzæ et Marocchi regna Africæ celeberrima -- Map 9. Le Palais et une partie de la ville de Maroc = Het Koninklyk Hof met een gedeelte der stadt Marokko -- Map 10. Salee -- Map 11. La Rache -- Map 12. Arzylla, of Argille -- Map 13. Tanger -- Map 14. De stadt Algier = La ville d'Alger / geteeckent door R. Zeeman -- Map 15. Tot Algier = Pour Alger -- Map 16. La ville Gegery = De stadt Gigeri -- Map 17. Thunis -- Map 18. De stadt Tripolis -- Map 19. Nigritarum regio -- Map 20. Guinea -- Map 21. 'T Fort Tacaray -- Map 22. Casteel del Mina -- Map 23. Casteel del Mina ten tyde der Portugesen = Chateau de S. George de la Mine Telquil é toit du temps des Portugais -- Map 24. Chateau de Cormantin = Kasteel van Cormantin -- Map 25. De stadt Benin = Le Benin -- Map 26. Æthiopia Inferior vel Exterior : partes magis septentrionales, quæ hic desiderantur, vide in tabula Ethiopiæ Superioris -- Map 27. De stadt van Lovango = Le Lovango -- Map 28. Regna Congo et Angola -- Map 29 Bansa oste de stadt Salvador hoost-stadt van het Rijk Congo = Bansa ou S. Salvador capitale de Congo -- Map 30. Loanda S. Pauli -- Map 31. Cap de Bonne-Esperance -- Map 32. Æthiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperior -- Map 32. Insula S. Lavrentii, vulgo Madagascar -- Map 33. St. Helene -- Map 34. Insulæ Promontorii Viridis : Hispanis, Issas Cabo Verde, Belgis, De Soute Eylanden -- 35. Le Fort d'Orange et de Nassau dans l'Isle de Goeree = Het Fort Oranje en Nassou opt Eiland Goeree -- Map 36. Het Fort Nassou van Binnen met Oranje op 't Eilant Goeree = Le Fort de Nassau dans l'Ile de Goeree -- Map 37. Insulæ Canariæ alias Fortunatæ dictæ -- Map 38. Le Pik de Jeneriffe = De Piek-Bergh op het Eilant Tenerifto -- Map 39. Melite Insula vulgo Masia -- Map 40. Valetta civitas nova Maltæ olim millitæ
Description
| Alternative title | L'Afrique |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Description de l'Afrique ; D'O. Drapper, D. M. ; 1686 |
| Type of resource | cartographic |
| Form | electronic; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 atlas ([6] pages, [3] leaves, 534 pages, [11] leaves, [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates, [41] double leaves of plates, [2] folded leaves of plates) : 40 maps, including 37 double and 2 foldout (engravings) ; 38 cm |
| Place | Netherlands |
| Place | A Amsterdam |
| Publisher | Chez Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom & van Someren, MDCLXXXVI [1686] |
| Publication date | 1686 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | French |
| Map data | Scales differ ; W 29°43'00"--E 52°21'00"/N 38°18'00"--S 35°30'00"). |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Dapper, Olfert, 1635 or 1636-1689 | |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Wolfgang, Abraham, active 1658-1694 | |
| Publisher | Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, active 1642-1681 | |
| Printer | Boom, Dirk van den | |
| Printer | Someren, Johan van, 1634-1706 |
Subjects
| Subject | Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca |
|---|---|
| Subject | Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Egypt > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Syria > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Tangier (Morocco) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Algeria > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Tunis (Tunisia) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Tripoli (Libya) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Guinea > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Benin > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Ethiopia > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Angola > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Horn of Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Madagascar > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Gorée Bay (Senegal) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Malta > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Portugal > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Middle East > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Mecca (Saudi Arabia) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Atlas |
| Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | D'O. Dapper, D. M. |
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| Note | French edition; originally published in Flemish. |
| Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
| Note | Latitudinal and longitudinal lines on maps. |
| Note | Includes indexes. |
| Note | Leather binding. |
| Note | First 6 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description). |
| Note | Engraved frontispiece, title page, head and tail-pieces throughout. |
| Note | "Traduite du Flamand" from title page. |
| Note | Illustrations include indigenous figures (involved in boat-building, food preparation, torture), plants, animals. |
| Note | Introductory text. |
| Note | Descriptive text accompanies maps; descriptive text on some maps. |
| Note | Decorative cartouches (e.g. cherubs, mythical figures), compass roses, rhumb lines, bar scales, indexes, coats of arms. |
| Note | Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports, routes. |
| Note | Illustrations of topography, settlements, figures, flora, fauna, ships, sea creatures. |
| Note | Maps 3, 4, 15, 16, 27, 33, 40 are bird's eye views; Maps 5, 6, 9-14, 17, 18, 21-25, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38 are views. |
| Note | Map 2 locates Egyptian pyramids geographically; Map 6 illustrates pyramids. |
| Note | Map 5 depicts pilgrimage to Mecca. |
| Note | Maps 35 and 39 feature ships in battle. |
| Language | Dutch title translations on some maps; Latin titles on some maps. |
| Local note | This copy has new leather and linen binding. |
| Local note | Pencil inscription inside front cover: 36; ink inscription on page [6]: ... Bibliotheque universelle anno 1686 ... |
| Local note | Marginalia on index. |
| Local note | Page 34 misprinted as 36; 173 as 175; 174 as 176; 175 as 177; 176 as 178; 271 as 171; 289 as 287; 413 as 813. |
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| Location | electronic resource |
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