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Nigritarum regio

Joannes Blaeu · 1662 Full Details

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Title
Nigritarum regio
Description
1 map : hand colored; 38 x 57 cm, Joannes Blaeu excud. ; Scale approximately 1:12,000,000 ; Relief shown pictorially ; Map includes decorative title and scale statement cartouches with native figures and local fauna. Map interior displays three elephants ; Covers west Africa from Tropic of Cancer southward ; Place names in Latin and Portuguese ; Amstelædami : Joannes Blaeu
Creator
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Publisher
Joannes Blaeu
Temporal Coverage
1662
Rights
No Copyright - United States, The images on this web site, from maps in the collection of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and housed in the Government & Geographic Information Collection of Northwestern University Libraries are in the public domain in the United States, and as such, not subject to copyright restriction. The Libraries request users cite both the URL and Northwestern University Libraries if they wish to reproduce images from the repository. For access to higher resolution images please contact repository@northwestern.edu
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Public
Language
Latin, Portuguese
Date Added
February 28, 2024

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    Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 (n.d.). Nigritarum regio. Joannes Blaeu. https://dc.library.northwestern.edu/items/0d8d4264-ecad-4c03-8e87-248414d643c2 (map)
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