Alternative Title
[The Island of Madagascar or St. Lawrence.]
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Identifier
20086425
Description
This finely engraved, decorative map of Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique includes details of the surrounding islands and navigation hazards in the Gulf of Mozambique. The baroque ornamental title cartouche at lower left explains that the map was "getrokken in Sanutus, enz." (drawn from [Venetian cartographer Livio] Sanuto, etc.). Engraved by Antoine de Winter, the map here appeared in a work published by Francois Halma titled "Algemeene Weereld-Beschryving..." which was a 1705 Dutch edition of A. Phérotée de la Croix's "Nouvelle Methode Pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie Universelle," first published in 1690. Sanson's small maps from his "L'Afrique en Plusierus Cartes...," first published in 1656 and engraved by A. Peyrounin, were copied several times by various map publishers. Johann David Zunners made copies of Sanson's maps for his German translation "Die Gantze Erd-Kugel" in 1679. Johannes Ribbius and Simon de Vries published copies in 1682 and 1683, with new maps engraved by Antoine de Winter. The plates were later sold to Francois Halma, who used them in 1699 and then again in 1705 with the titles re-engraved in Dutch. The titles on the de Winter plates were re-engraved back into French, and then used by Nicholas Chemereau in 1715 and by Henri du Sauzet in 1738. Colored, horizontal map. Double-paged, single-sided map. 19 cm. x 24 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Archival Date
1705
Collection Name
Maps of Africa
Collection Number
Acc. 2019-277
Language
Dutch
Original Format
Maps
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Maps; Africa; Madagascar; Islands; Mountains; Rivers; Cartouches (Graphic); Translations