AGSL GeoDiscovery

Parte de la frica

Alternative Title:

Part of Africa

Description:

Appears in: Ramusio's Delle Navigationi et Viaggi nel qual si Contiene les Descrittione
dele Africa.

Interior includes mountains, trees, natives, Castel de la Mina (Portuguese fort known
for exporting gold), an elephant, camel, monkey and a lion. The seas are engraved in
horizontal wavy lines and are decorated with paddling canoes, sea monsters and ships. Top
right: 370. Top left: 371.

Uncolored

Woodcut

Dr. Oscar I. Norwich

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/bz653cj9121

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/bz653cj9121

Creator:

Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1550

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Maps, and Africa, West

Rights:

Image from the Dr. Oscar I. Norwich collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 - ca. 1865 courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false