Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Covers Africa from the Mediterranean to the Ruwenzori Mountains.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
wd3765380
label
Africae antiquae, et quarundam Europae, Asiaeque adiacentium regionum
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wd3765380
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Africae antiquae, et quarundam Europae, Asiaeque adiacentium regionum
description
Covers Africa from the Mediterranean to the Ruwenzori Mountains.
date
["[ca. 1662]"]
year
1662
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_002561
creators
Blankaart, Nikolaas, 1624-1703
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Africa--History--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Africa
West Africa
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
J. Jansson
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
14.533
schema:longitude
-2.316
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 51 cm.
notes
Covers Africa from the Mediterranean to the Ruwenzori Mountains.
Relief shown pictorially.
Dedication: Viro amplissimo pientissimoque Iohanni Brunaeo, IC. et illustrium Zelandiae Ordinum Syndico meritissimo, Nicolaus Blancardus, eorum dem Ordinum Historicus dedicabat L.M.Q.
Includes decorative cartouches and ill. of Hadrianic coins.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
wd3765380
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
62a2418c81114165