File:Sanson l'Afrique, ou Lybie Ulterieure 1655 UTA.jpg

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Français : L'Afrique ou Lybie Ulterieure ou sont le Saara ou Desert, le Payes des Negres, La Guinee et les Pays circonv....
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English: Sanson's regional map of West Africa contains a lot of newer information about the coast, some speculation about the interior, and not a lot of ornamentation other than the cartouche. Instead of simply copying older Dutch maps, Sanson researched his subject and cited a couple of sources: Samuel Blommaert and Livio Sanuto. Samuel Blommaert (1583-1651) was a Flemish/Dutch merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company (West-Indische Compagnie or WIC) who had earlier made three trips to the East Indies with the Dutch East India Company (Vereinigde Oost-indische Compagnie or VOC), possibly visiting Benin. Livio Sanuto (1520-1576) was a Venetian geographer and cartographer who finished twelve maps of Africa shortly before his death. These had not been published until 1588 and copies were not widely distributed. Engraved by Jean (Jan van) Somer.
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Source UTA Libraries Cartographic Connections: map / text
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Nicolas Sanson  (1600–1667)  wikidata:Q502162
 
Nicolas Sanson
Alternative names
Nicolas Sanson, der Ältere; Nicolas Sanson d’Abbeville
Description French cartographer, scientific illustrator and historian
Date of birth/death 20 December 1600 Edit this at Wikidata 7 July 1667 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Abbeville, France Paris
Work period 1699 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q502162
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English: UTA Libraries Special Collections, Gift of Dr. Jack Franke
 Geotemporal data
Map location West Africa
Georeferencing Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
 Bibliographic data
Publication
Les Cartes Generales de toute les parties du Monde
Place of publication Paris
Printed by
Pierre Mariette
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q1230739
Dimensions height: 34 cm (13.3 in); width: 55 cm (21.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,34U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,55U174728
Medium colored engraving on paper
artwork-references

Baesjou, René (2005). "Historiae Oculus Geographia". Journal des Africanistes 75 (2): 101.

Pastoureau, Mireille (1988) Nicolas Sanso n d’Abeville Atlas du Monde 1665, Paris: Sand & Conti, pp. 100−101

Stone , ed. (1997) Norwich's Maps of Africa, 180

Skelton, R. A. (1965) "Introduction" in Livio Sanuto Geographia dell' Africa Venice 1588, New York City: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Bodenstein (2017) , pp. 96−101

(1999-2004) Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 4


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The author died in 1667, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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