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Map of Africa

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Map of Africa

Visscher I, Nicolaas

Map of Africa.

Africae/ Accurata tabula.

The map is taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas.

Nicolaas Visscher dedicated the chart to Gerardus Schaep, lord of Kortenhoeff, ambassador for the Republic in Sweden and Denmark.-This map closely resembles Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, inv. nr. Van der Hem 36:02 and Van der Hem 35:04, only the colouring differs.

Please contact Österreichische Nationalbibliothek for reuse and copyrights.

Sources and literature

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)