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., 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.
Date
[1729?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F p 16, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2952
Physical and political map of the Western coast of Central Africa. A marginal illustration in the lower left-hand corner features African kings and hunters, as well as various indigenous animals, including two elephants and a lion. It also shows a few Europeans trading with African merchants. In the background, several figures bathe in an idyllic landscape., Folded 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?]), n.p., In the absence of pagination, 31 has been written next to the plate., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
[1729?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F 31, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2942
