↑ Parent: Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum, per Paucas Attamen Novissimas Tabulas Ostenditur. Amstelaedami, ex Officina Nicolai Visscher

Collection: Smith Collection

Name: Africae Accurata Tabula ex officina Nic. Visscher.

Barcode: 11511

Image Number: 11511.0083

Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Date Created: 1689

Date Published: 1689

Content: Map

Subjects: AfricaAngelsAnimalsAnimalsBirdsCanary IslandsCape VerdeCheetahComorosCornucopiasDevices (Heraldry)ElephantsFishesFlyingfishesGalleonsHeraldryImaginary creaturesImaginary creaturesIndigenous peopleLionsMadagascarMediterranean regionMonkeysMythologyNereids (Greek mythology)OstrichesPrimatesRhinocerosesSailing shipsScorpionsSea monstersSea monstersSeychellesSouthern EuropeVisscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679Water spiritsWhales

Title Translation: Accurate Map of Africa from the workshop of Nic. Visscher

Brief Description: Map of Africa and adjacent islands. Includes Mediterranean Region and Arabian Peninsula.

Physical Description: 1 map: illustrated, colored

Dedicatee: Schaep, Gerardo

Publisher: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Language: Latin

Region Depicted: AfricaCanary IslandsCape VerdeComorosMadagascarMediterranean regionSeychellesSouthern Europe

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Notes: Dedication to Gerardo Schaep in lower left cartouche: "Nobmo. Spectatmo. Prudentmoque. Viro D. Gerardo Schaep, I.V.D. Toparchae in Cortenhoess, Consuli ac Senatori Amstelaedamensis: et ad Serenissimos Sueciae Daniaeque Reges quondam Legato Dignissimo, Tabulam hanc D.D. N. Visscher." Note above neatline: "cum Privilegio Ordin: General: Belgii Foederati."

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