Map of Madagascar

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Map of Madagascar

Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van

Map of Madagascar.

Insula S. Laurentii, Vulgo Madagascar.

Dr Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) published a large number of books after 1663. He wrote a history of the city of Amsterdam and furnished the first Dutch translation of Herodotus. But he is known particularly for his many descriptions of foreign lands which he compiled from various sources, without ever seeing the countries he wrote about for himself. This plate is taken from a description of Africa.

Cf. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, inv. nr. Van der Hem 35:58 and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, inv. nr. 1049B13_071.

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Is part of:

Maroantsetra S. Luzia Sadian bon Porte

Creator

Meurs, Jacob van (publisher)

Meurs, Jacob van (engraver / etcher)

Period

ca. 1668

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

29 x 36,5 cm29 x 36,5 cm

Number

185 B 11 deel II, voor p. 1

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, Person, ship / vessel

Inscription

Insula S. Laurentii, Vulgo Madagascar

Sources and literature

Dapper, Olfert, Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden: als Madagaskar, of Sant Laurens, Sant Thomee, d'eilanden van Kanarien, Kaep de Verd, Malta, en andere: vertoont in de Benamingen, gelegentheit, Steden, Revieren, Gewassen, Dieren, Zeeden, Drachten, Talen, Rijkdommen, Godsdiensten en Heerschappyen. (1668)

Jones, Adam, Decompiling Dapper: A preliminary search for evidence (1990)