Africa antiqua et nova - UC Berkeley GeoData
- Description:
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Philipp Cluver. Hand-tinted map of Africa showing political boundaries; relief shown pictorially. In Latin. Originally published in Introductionis in universam geographicam by Philipp Cluver. In upper right hand margin; Tab : 43. Cartouche in upper right quadrant with lion couchant. Based on 17th century geographic knowledge; shows the Nile rising from twin lakes below the equator and spurious details of the interior of the continent. This map is primarily based on Willem Janszoon Blaeu's wall map of 1608 with some minor changes from Cluver's earlier maps of Africa.
- Creator:
- Clüver, Philipp, 1580-1622
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Provider:
- Stanford
- Resource Class:
- Maps
- Date Issued:
- ca. 1697]
- Spatial Coverage:
- Africa
- Rights:
- Image from the Caroline Batchelor Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Rights Holder:
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- Access Rights:
- Public
- Format:
- JPEG2000
- Georeferenced:
- false
- More details at:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/kk981sj7811