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1685 Frederick de Wit Map of AfricaWE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS - NOT Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula Description: A beautiful example of Frederick De Wit's 1685 map of Africa. The map covers all of Africa as well as parts of Arabia, and the adjacent portions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Mediterranean. the map is a composite of earlier maps, including Jodocus Hondius's map of 1623, Willem Blaeu's map of 1617, and Visscher's map of 1658. The decorative cartouche, appearing in the lower left, features three Moors and a child on the left, and several African with two children on the r... |
