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Africæ: nova descriptio

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Title
Africæ: nova descriptio
Additional title: Map of Africa.ca. 1600
Names
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1660 - 1669 (Approximate)
Place: Amstelodami?
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Map P-51
Topics
Africa
Benin
Liberia
Senegal
Ghana
Mali
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
Togo
Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria)
Gabon
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Relief shown pictorially. Includes color illustrations and 9 city views.
Content: COLLECTION HISTORY: This digital compilation was developed in support of the NYPL website, "The African American Migration Experience," a sweeping 500-year historical narrative from the transatlantic slave trade to the Western migration, the colonization movement, the Great Migration, and the contemporary immigration of Caribbeans, Haitians, and sub-Saharan Africans. (Source: NYPL Digital Gallery)
Citation/reference: RELATED RESOURCES: NYPL. "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience."(2005) ‹http://www.inmotionaame.org› (Source: NYPL Digital Gallery)
Content: Scale [ca. 1:40,000,000] (W 35⁰--E 90⁰/N 30⁰--S 30⁰).
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 1 map : col. ; 27 x 36 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
Latin
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13430177
NYPL Digital Gallery Description: 31486
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.SCH112
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe759f10-0031-0130-8e5c-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1571: Creator Born
  • 1638: Creator Died
  • 1660: Created (Approximate)
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Africæ: nova descriptio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1660 - 1669. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-3c7f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Africæ: nova descriptio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-3c7f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1660 - 1669). Africæ: nova descriptio Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-3c7f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Africæ: nova descriptio