Nigritarum regio

Title:: Nigritarum regio
Title (alt.):: Collection of old maps
Creator:: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Name on Item:: Joannes Blaeu excud.
Date:: [1662?]
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:: Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:: West Africa (area)
Extent:: 1 map ; 38 x 57 cm.
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:: Amstelaedami [Amsterdam] : Joannes Blaeu
Scale:: Scale [ca. 1:12,000,000]
Language:: Latin
Portuguese
Notes:: Relief shown pictorially.
Map includes decorative title and scale statement cartouches with native figures and local fauna. Map interior displays three elephants.
Verso is blank.
Covers west Africa from Tropic of Cancer southward.
Place names in Latin and Portuguese.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps."
Identifier:: 06_01_010015
Call #:: G1015 .C651 1630
Barcode:: 30000003115209