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Carte
de la Barbarie de la Nigritie et de la Guinée
60 x 49 cm copperplate
engraving, 64 x 54 cm sheet size, original
hand colour, Paris, circa 1707, printed in Amsterdam circa 1734
We
are pleased to offer this fascinating original map (Norwich # 317) of
northwest Africa
compiled by the great
French cartographer Guillaume De L'Isle (1675-1726) for his Atlas
de
Géographie
which was published between 1700 and 1712. At a
time when very little of the African interior was known to Europeans,
De L'Isle boldly filled his map with speculative lakes and rivers and
fascinating text notations regarding the people and places depicted
herein. A curious mixture of fact, rumour and imagination
this
example of the map was issued by the Dutch publishers Covens &
Mortier in the 1730s after De L'Isle's death. Rightly
considered
one of the most desirable regional maps of Africa of De L'Isle, this
example is in fine condition and will make an elegant presentation if
matted and framed.
We
begin our survey of the map with the environs of Timbuktu, still a
place of great mystery unexplored by Europeans at the time the map was
compiled. Note enormous fictional lake to the east and
warning of
cannibals in the Kingdom of "Temian":
Note
reference to slave trade in the Kingdom of "Gabou":
Senegal,
west coast:
Tripoli, Libyan desert:
Greater
"Barbary":
Condition
- Please note carefully:
Map is in overall excellent condition as can be
ascertained from photos, strong impression with distinct platemark,
fine laid paper, original outline hand colour bright and vivid, three minor repaired tears
to top margin outside of neatline. Inquiries
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(1527-1608)
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