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Africae Tabula Nova Edita Antverpiae 1570. |
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Description
Ortelius' map was modern in appearance, compared to Munster and others, and remained the standard map of Africa well into the 17th century. Geographically, it is a close copy of Gastaldi’s map of 1564 and follows the Ptolemaic view of the Nile. It replaced Sebastian Munster's widely circulated map of Africa. The map contains a superb vignette of a naval battle on bottom right, and various sea monsters. The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was the first atlas that produced a uniform series of maps of the world. The publication of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum can be considered the starting point for over 100 years of Dutch supremacy in the production of beautiful maps and atlases.
There are six states of Ortelius' map of Africa(nb. state 1 and 2 of this map are extremely rare). This example is from the fifth state of 1595. In this state. "=" now appears after "OCEANVS | AETHIO" in the Atlantic Ocean. Also, a slight crack in the copperplate has just started to appear in the title cartouche, running down the right hand sequence of letters. This has evidently occurred during re-working of the plate. This is reflected in a slight line on the printed map.
This map is from the 1595 Latin edition of Ortelius Theatrum as published by the Plantin Press. The verso of the map has page "4" at bottom right. The 13th line from the bottom ends "habes". The last last line, left aligned is " ximo,habes litteras Ioannis Baptistæ Rhamusi,& Hieronymi Fracastorij".
Reference: Betz, Richard L., with Penelope W. Betz. The Mapping of Africa: A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700. 't Goy-Houten, The Netherlands: HES & De Graaf Publishers, 2007. van den Broecke reference and map # 8. Tooley’s Collecto
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