A 17th century French map of Southern Africa

SANSON, Nicolas.

Basse Aethiopie, qui comprend les Royaume de Congo, Coste, et Pays des Cafres, Empires du Monomatapa et Monoemugi.
Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1655. Original outline colour. 425 x 565mm.

Africa south of the Equator, with the coastline below Cape Negro based on Blommaert and Madagascar on Sanuto. The interior detail is invented, with fictitious states, cities and rivers filling the void.

TOOLEY: Africa, p.100, plate 76; NORWICH: Africa 158.
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