A map of Africa below the Equator, with Congo, Angola and Zanzibar, based on Portuguese surveys, decorated with a cartouche with natives holding up an animal skin with the map's title. The map objective of the founder of the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope, Jan van Riebeeck, was to gather such skins to trade with Japan.
Additional information
Dimensions | 505 × 385 mm |
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Cartographer | |
Date | 1665 |
Extra Info | Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior. Partes magis Septentrionales, que hic desiderantus, vide in tabula Aethiopiae Superioris. |
Publication | Amsterdam, 1665, Dutch text edition. Original colour. 385 x 505mm. |
Condition | Near mint condition |
References | TOOLEY: Africa, p.29, illustrated on frontis.; NORWICH: Africa 154, & Southern Africa, p.36-37, both illus. |