File:Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo and Angolae ultra promontorium Bonae Spei - RMG F0294.tiff
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Arnold Florent Van Langren |
Description |
English: Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo & Angolae ultra promontorium Bonae Spei...Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:12,000,000]. The border is graduated for latitude and rhumb lines are shown. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. Inset views of Ascension Island and St Helena are set in an elaborate frame. The title cartouche is decorated with birds, fruit and scroll-work; the sea is decorated with ships and a sea-creature, and the land is decorated with animals and mythical creatures. Coverage includes the west coast of Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.
This is a sheet from Linschoten's Itinerario, first published in Amsterdam in 1596. |
Date |
1596 date QS:P571,+1596-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Dimensions | Printed area 39.5 x 53.5cm, on sheet 41.5 x 57cm. |
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540230 |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: NA.9166 id number: G213:8/13 |
Collection InfoField | Charts and maps |
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