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Effigies ampli Regni auriferi Guineae in Africa siti, extensum inde ad insulis Atlanticis, vulgo dictis, de Cabo Verde : ad flumen Benin, us[que], ad cujus ripam sita est Regia urbs et magna Benin, at[que] inde ad promontorium Lopi Gonsalvi

Description:

delineata per S. Rovelascum, et politioribus lineainentis figurata per Lodouicum Texeram, protocosmographum Regis Hispaniarum ; Baptista Doetechomius sculpsit.

Relief shown pictorially.

2 bar scales on map, given in "Miliaria Germanica" (100 units [=9 cm]); and "Hispanicæ leucæ."

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margin.

Decorative border and cartouches, compass roses, rhumb lines, ships, sea monster.

Shows topography, waterways, ports.

"Eodem anno editus est liber, amplam harum regionum descriptionem continens per P.D.M."

"46" in upper right corner.

2 pictorial insets depicting activities of the natives of Guinea, with explanations below.

Based on the manuscript map by Luis Teixeira; originally published by Cornelis Claesz , approximately 1602.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wd588vc7077

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wd588vc7077

Language:

lat

Publisher:

Hugo Allardt excudit,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Indigenous peoples and Social life and customs

Date Issued:

1660

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, West, Africa, Africa, North, Guinea, Libya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Benin, and Ghana

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection 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