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View of Loango

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View of Loango

Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van

View of Loango.

De Stadt van Louango.

Key: A. Koninckx hof. / B. Vrouwen hof. / C. Vytroep Tooren. / D. Konincklyck Wynhuys. / E. Konincklyck Eet-huys. / F. Publijcke Audientie plaets. / G. 'S Koninckx tuyn. / H. Vrouwen tuyn. / IK. Twee van haar Fetiches. / L. De breede wech daer de Misdadigers van de Bondus wortel gesleept en Gedoot werden.

Dr Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) published a large number of books after 1663. He wrote a history of the city of Amsterdam and furnished the first Dutch translation of Herodotus. But he is known particularly for his many descriptions of foreign lands which he compiled from various sources, without ever seeing the countries he wrote about for himself. This plate is taken from a description of Africa.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, inv. nr. 693 C 6, part VI, after p. 239 and 3032 B 12 after p. 215.

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Sources and literature

Dapper, Olfert, Naukeurige Beschrijvingen der Afrikaensche gewesten: van Egypten, Barbaryen, Libyen, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopiƫ, Abyssiniƫ: (1668)

Jones, Adam, Decompiling Dapper: A preliminary search for evidence (1990)