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Producer
André Thevet
Legend
This rather rare map which André Thevet included in his ‘Cosmographie Universelle’ is clearly based on Mercator’s rendering of Africa on his world map of 1569, as distinct from the shape Ortelius gave it five years earlier. Woodcut engraving, hand-coloured.
Place of production
France > Paris
Dimensions
Map size: 35,2 cm x 45,2 cm / Paper size: 40,8 cm x 52,2 cm
Inventory number
HO.2005.1.1
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