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Title: Africae nova tabula; auct. Jud. Hondio.

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1630
  • Coverage: 1630 to 1630

Summary

Relief shown pictorially. Border includes views of 12 African cities and examples of local costumes, while the map includes illustrations of flying fish and sea monsters on the ocean and animals on the continent. The title cartouche includes vines bearing fruit and a face, while the author cartouche has two young children, a skull within a clock topped with a bell, and the date 1623. From "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630. 1 map; 46 x 56 cm.

Subjects

  • Cities and towns
  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • Africa
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-26.58,60.55,37.95,-34.97)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Hondius, Jodocus, 1594 or 1595-1629, cartographer, Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664, Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. Atlantis Maioris Appendix, 1630, Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922, former owner. Africae nova tabula; auct. Jud. Hondio.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-003282765/39015091192412_01

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng