Creator

Jan Berand Elwe

Preview

image preview

Identifier

20086315

Description

Rare miniature map of Africa, pubished in Amsterdam by Jan Elwe. The map appeared in his COMPLEETE ZAK-ATLAS, VAN DE ZEVENTIEN NEDERLANDSCHE PROVINCIËN. Colored with hachures and town/city names along continent coast. Plainly decorated cartouche on top right. Horizontal orientation, single paged, single sided. Slightly faint colored map. Originally folded twice, with two white tabs later added and located on top margin. 18 cm. x 22 cm. Dutch text. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]

Archival Date

1786

Collection Name

Maps of Africa

Collection Number

Acc. 2019-209

Language

Dutch

Original Format

Maps

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

Subjects

Maps; Africa; Oceans; Islands; Cartouches (Graphic); Miniature works

Share

 
COinS