Sanson: Africa Vetus

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Sanson : Africa Vetus

Pierre Mariette, Paris, c. 1650

Original Outline Coloring, Very Good;, Size : 396x553 (mm), 15.59x21.77 (Inches)

Title cartouche bordered by two outward-facing birds of prey.

Norwich writes: "This is an early Sanson map.... An odd feature is the name, Barditus Mons, given to a long chain of mountains running continuously from somewhere in Angolato Algoa Bay. No place names appear even on the coast of the southern part of the continent, which is labelled 'Agi Symba' (a name usually referring to the northern African region), and inhabitants are 'Anthropophagi Aethiopes' or cannibals.", Norwich's Map 35.

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