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Antique Map of the West African Coast and the Cape Verde Islands, c.1680
$405
€360 · £305
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1680
- Sheet size
- 8.3 × 11.8 in (21 × 30 cm)
- Condition
- Very good, please study image carefully.
- Collection
- Sea charts
- Era
- Before 1700, Dutch Golden Age
- Stock no.
- f_25991922
Antique map Africa titled 'Isles du Cap Verd Coste et Pays des Negres'. Antique map of the coast of Africa and the Cape Verde islands.
Artists and Engravers: Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600, 1667) and his descendents were important French cartographer's active through the 17th century. Sanson started his career as a historian where, it is said, he turned to cartography as a way to illustrate his historical studies.
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