Congo Angola Africa - Blaeu 1662
- Old Africa Map - Congo and Angola - Blaeu 1662 - This is an exquisite full-color Reproduction printed on high-quality gloss paper, art paper or canvas.
Print Size: 23.00 x 27.06 inches
The following towns are featured: in his Atlas Maior, published in 1662 in 11 volumes, Joan Blaeu included 7 new maps of Africa. Blaeu's sources for these maps are unknown. However, we do know the source for the lower Zaire river. Blaeu probable created the map after information from the Dutch explorer Jan van Herden.
This Map is Situated in: Continent of Africa.
SKU: ITCO0004
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