AGSL GeoDiscovery

Typus orarum maritimarum Guinae, Manicongo Angloae ultra promontorium Bonae Spei

Description:

Jan Huygen van Linschoten ... Arnold Florent van Langren,.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Shows the west and southwest coast of Africa.

Includes 2 compass roses, title cartouche, scale cartouche, Portuguese coat of arms, inset illustrations of Ascension and St. Helena, and pictorial representations of ships and sea monsters.

Decorative title cartouche features birds, fruits, and the Portuguese coat of arms.

Decorative scale cartouche features birds and a compass.

Bar scales on map: "Miliaria Germanica, quorum 15. uni gradui respondent" and "Hispanicę leucę 17 1/2. uni gradui competencia".

On the continent, there are pictorial representations of several animals: two snakes, a lion, an elephant, and a rhinoceros; in Lake Zaire, there are two merpeople, one playing a stringed instrument and the other blowing a conch shell.

Inset views: -- [1] Ascension -- [2] S. Helena

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/dn487sn3532

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/dn487sn3532

Language:

lat

Publisher:

Linschoten

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Early maps

Subject:

Sea monsters, Animals, Mythical, Mermaids, Ocean, and Mythology

Temporal Coverage:

16th century

Date Issued:

1596

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Saint Helena, Ascension, Netherlands, and Amsterdam

Rights:

Images from the David Rumsey Map Center's general collections courtesy of 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