| Matthäus Merian | |
| Frankfurt,
1638 Decorative map of Africa: nova descriptio | A F R I C
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The geography for this map is based on Willem Blaeu's map of Africa of 1617. The Merian map has many of the decorative elements in the oceans and in the interior of Africa, in some cases with slightly different placements. It does not have Blaeu's decorative borders and is reduced to about 2/3 the size of the Blaeu. The verso of the map is blank. Matthäus Merian (1593-1650), originally from Basel, was a publisher and engraver active in Frankfurt where he worked with Théodore de Bry, whose daughter he later married. Besides publishing his own books, Merian is also noted for completing the later parts and editions of De Bry's Grands Voyages and Petits Voyages, started by De Bry in 1590. This map of Africa was published by Merian for an edition of his Neuwe Archontologia of 1638. The Neuwe Archontologia was a German translation by Johann Ludwig Gottfried of Pierre d'Avity's Les empires du Monde. The map of Africa also appeared in later editions of Neuwe Archontologia in 1646 and in 1695. Reference: Betz # 67. Betz, Richard L., with Penelope W. Betz. The Mapping of Africa: A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700. 't Goy-Houten, The Netherlands: HES & De Graaf Publishers, 2007. Very Fine Condition. |
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