| Abbé Nicolas Lenglet Dufresnoy | |
| Paris,
1716 and later
From
Dufresnoy's geography, Methode Pour Etudier Original copperplate engraved map |
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This map is often confused with the Nicolas Sanson map of Africa of 1656 (Betz #86). In Paris in 1716, a copy of the Sanson map appeared in Methode Pour Etudier La Geographie by Abbé Nicolas Lenglet Dufresnoy (1674-1755), published in Paris by Charles Estienne Hochereau. There were subsequent editions of the atlas, with this map, in Paris and in Amsterdam. This Dufresnoy map is smaller in size than the 1656 Sanson map. The map is further distinguished by having no imprint for Sanson's engraver, Peyrounin. The geography of the Dufresnoy map contains greater detail than of the 1656 Sanson, and it is generally modeled after Sanson's 1650 folio map of Africa. Reference: Betz, see # 86 (Sanson),
p. 298. 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. |
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