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Nouvelle carte de l'Afrique [graphic].
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Contributor
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Title
Nouvelle carte de l'Afrique [graphic].
Title
New map of Africa
Publisher
[Leyden: s.n]
Publisher
NETHERLANDS. Leyden. 1729
Date
[1729?]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving; image 43 x 54 cm. (17 x 12.25 in)
Description
Physical and political map of Africa with the Arabian Peninsula, some parts of the Near East, and a portion of the Mediterranean region. A marginal illustration in the lower left-hand corner portrays African hunters and various indigenous animals, including two elephants.
Is part of
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733. Galerie agreable du monde. Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?].
Notes
Fold-out map in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?]), p. 16
The insert in the lower left-hand corner reads: "Nouvelle carte de l'Afrique, avec ses Royaumes, Provinces, Iles et Riviéres, suirant les Relations les plus recentes Voyageurs donnée au Public par Pierre Vander AA, Marchand Libraire À Leide."
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Genre
Engravings -- 1720-1730.
Maps -- 1720-1730.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F p 16
Accession number
1729.F
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