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Map of Madagascar and part of the coast of East Africa

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Map of Madagascar and part of the coast of East Africa

Blaeu sr., Joan / Anoniem / Anonymous

Map of Madagascar and part of the coast of East Africa.

Insula S. Laurentii / Vulgo Madagascar.

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

The map was originally featured in Joan Blaeu's 'Atlas Maior'.

After 1640 Madagascar was a port of call for the French in particular. Blaeu had this chart made especially for the 'Atlas Maior' and based it on information from a book by the French governor, Etienne de Flacourt.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 1049B13_071 and 185 B 11 part II, before p. 1.

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Sources and literature

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