R900
Nicholas Lenglet Dufresnoy - AFRIQUE
Paris: Charles Estienne Hochereau, (1656) [c1716]
Copperplate engraving, full colour, two vertical fold lines, top right corner: Tom I Pag: 454; pencil number on recto and verso
from Methode Pour Etudier La Geographie
14,5 by 16,5cm
The original version of this map first appeared in an atlas of Africa published by Nicolas Sanson in 1656. Dufresnoy used newly engraved plates to publish this version of the map. It differs from the Sanson map in two ways: it is smaller and there is no imprint for engraver.
LITERATURE
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