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Map of the Cape of Good Hope

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Map of the Cape of Good Hope

Meurs, Weduwe van Jacob van / Nieuhof, Johan

Map of the Cape of Good Hope.

Caerte vande Cabo de Bona Esperança / En haer gelegentheyt daer omtrent.

The chart also shows various vessels and animals.

Bottom left is an insert showing a view of Table Mountain.

This map of the Cape of Good Hope and Table Mountain is one of the many illustrations accompanying a travel journal by the world traveller from Amsterdam, Johan Nieuhoff.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Atlas van der Hagen, part 4, inv. nr. 1049B13_067.

Top right: pag. 7

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Sources and literature

Nieuhof, Joan, Gedenkwaerdige zee- en lantreize (1682)