Map of Africa and Madagascar

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Map of Africa and Madagascar

Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van

Map of Africa and Madagascar.

The Maritime Museum names Petrus Plancius and Cornelis Claasz. as the mapmakers.

Bottom right an inset showing the crew of a ship killing lobster.

Please contact Maritiem Museum Rotterdam for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Cape Town Maroantsetra

Creator

Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van (engraver / etcher)

Period

1592

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

385 x 547 mm385 x 547 mm

Number

MMR-WAE682

Owner

Maritiem Museum Rotterdam

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, ship / vessel, Person, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fauna

Inscription

Delineatio orarum Manicongi, Angolae, Monomotapae, terrae natalis, Zofaloe, Mozambicae, Abijssinorum : una cum vadis, et firtibus adjacentibus. Item insulae magna vulgo S. Laurentij alias Madagascar dictae, inter maximas totius Orientis habitae.