Colored Reissued in 1729. Cartouche includes a nude woman sitting on a rectangle of masonry
located in a rural scene with elephants, a lion and a snake. Legend states, "I would rather
show this part of Africa as unknown and unihabited than rely on my imagination." Title
across top, Africa in praecipuas ipsius partes distributa ... Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
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