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Amsterdam, 1668 From Dapper's Famous Book on Africa: AFRICÆ | ACCURATA TABULA | ex officina | IACOBUM MEURSIUM. Original copperplate
engraved map |
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Jacob van Meurs (c.1620-1680), an Amsterdam publisher, used the c.1658 Visscher map of Africa as his model for this map in Olfert Dapper’s Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten... which he published in 1668. Dapper’s book was one of the more famous seventeenth century books on Africa. As well as describing places in Africa, it provided detailed information on all aspects of the people of Africa, including their customs, costumes, languages, religions, and governments. Also in the book were descriptions of the flora and fauna of Africa. This map is a close copy of the Nicolaas Visscher I map of Africa of c.1658 in its first state, without the publisher’s privilege. Geographically, there are no changes in this map from the Visscher model. The map also appears in the English version of Dapper's work (John Ogilby’s Africa, Being An Accurate Description of the Regions...with all Adjacent Islands...) published in 1670 in London. Ogilby’s version is considered the most authentic and comprehensive work on Africa published in the English language in the seventeenth century. The map is only known in one state. There is no text on the verso of our example. Reference: Betz # 108. 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. Folds
for insertion into the smaller book, but the folds are all
solid.
This map was used for the image on page
348 of
our book. |
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