L'Afrique selon les nouvelles obſervations de Messrs. de l'Academie de Sciences etc

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Reissued in 1729. Cartouche includes a nude woman sitting on a rectangle of masonry
located in a rural scene with elephants, a lion and a snake. Legend states, "I would rather
show this part of Africa as unknown and unihabited than rely on my imagination." Title
across top, Africa in praecipuas ipsius partes distributa ...

Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
Resource Link:: https://purl.stanford.edu/pg924zd5559
Identifier:: https://purl.stanford.edu/pg924zd5559
Creator:: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Provider:: Stanford
Resource Class:: Maps
Resource Type:: Digital maps
Date Issued:: 1713
Spatial Coverage:: Africa--Maps
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

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