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Title
Africæ: nova descriptio
Additional title: Map of Africa.ca. 1600
Names
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1660 (Approximate)
Place: Amsterdam
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Map P-51
Topics
Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Benin
Liberia
Senegal
Ghana
Mali
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
Togo
Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria)
Gabon
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Relief shown pictorially. Includes color illustrations and 9 city views.
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 1 map : col. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
Latin
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13430177
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe759f10-0031-0130-8e5c-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1571: Creator Born
  • 1638: Creator Died
  • 1660: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Africæ: nova descriptio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1660. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-3c7f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Africæ: nova descriptio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-3c7f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1660). Africæ: nova descriptio Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-3c7f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Africæ: nova descriptio