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Title: Africae nova descriptio

• Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
• 1571-1638

Dates

• Issued: 1631
• Coverage: 1631
• Coverage: 1631 to 1631

Publishers

• Guiljelmo Blaeuw

Summary

Extent: 1 map

Abstract: 1631 version of Willem Jansz. Blaeu's 1617 map, one of the better known and more decorative 17th century maps of Africa.

Notes: Relief shown pictorially.

Includes images of galleons, sea monsters, and various animals.

Nine city views within decorative border at top: Tanger Tangiers -- Ceuta -- Alger Algiers -- Tunis -- Alexandria -- Alcair Cairo -- Mozambique Island of Mozambique -- S. Georgius della Mina St. George of the Mine Castle in Elmina, Ghana -- Canaria Canary Islands.

Ten illustrations of figures in regional dress within decorative border at left and right: Marocchi Moroccans -- Senagenses Senegalese -- Mercatores in Guinea traders in Guinea -- Cab: lopo Gonsalvi Accolae locals of Cape Lopez in Gabon -- Miles Congensis Congolese -- Aegyptij Egyptians -- Abissini Ethiopians -- Cafres in Mozambique -- Rex in Madagascar king in Madagascar -- Cap: bonae Spaei habitatores inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope.

Latin text on verso with "F" at bottom right.

Scale approximately 1:30,000,000

Subjects

• Africa
• Maps

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-26.50,60.00,40.33,-40.33)

Provider

Michigan State University

Rights

• Access rights: Public
• Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Citation

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. Africae nova descriptio. Guiljelmo Blaeuw. https://d.lib.msu.edu/maps/71

Format

Mixed

Languages

• lat