Map of Fort Nassau on Mouri

Marcgraf, Georg / Blaeu sr., Joan / Post, Frans

Map of Fort Nassau on Mouri.

Arx Nassovij.

Bottom right: no: 22.

The print is taken from the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, but was originally incorporated in Caspar Barlaeus, 'Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia Gestarum Historia', Amsterdam 1647. See also Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 1043 B 14, after p. 54 no. 22.

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Is part of:

Nassau, fort (Mouri, Ghana) Mouri

Creator

Marcgraf, Georg (assigned to land surveyor / mapmaker)

Blaeu sr., Joan (publisher)

Post, Frans (assigned to land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1647

Material

paper

Technique

coloured engraving

Kind

Dimension

40 x 53 cm40 x 53 cm

Number

Van der Hem 35:43

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Inscription

Arx Nassovij

Sources and literature

Barlaeus, Caspar, Rerum per octennium in Brasilia: et alibi nuper gestarum, sub præfectura illustrissimi comitis I. Mavritii [...] historia (1647)

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)