BLAEU, Willem. Africae nova descriptio. [Amsterdam: ca. 1630, or later].
Engraved map with contemporary outline coloring, image 410 x 553 mm (498 x 591 mm sheet). (Small skillful marginal repair, a few light marginal stains.) Matted, framed and glazed.
Latin text on verso. 9 town views in upper border and 10 costumed figures in side borders, galleons and sea-monsters. "This is one of the most decorative and popular of all the early maps of Africa" (Norwich 32).
BLAEU, Willem. Africae nova descriptio. [Amsterdam: ca. 1630, or later].
Engraved map with contemporary outline coloring, image 410 x 553 mm (498 x 591 mm sheet). (Small skillful marginal repair, a few light marginal stains.) Matted, framed and glazed.
Latin text on verso. 9 town views in upper border and 10 costumed figures in side borders, galleons and sea-monsters. "This is one of the most decorative and popular of all the early maps of Africa" (Norwich 32).
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