CAARTE VAN DE OOST- KUST VAN AFRICA CARTE DELA COTE
£150
"Carte de la côte orientale d'Afrique depuis Mosambique jusques près du cap de Bonne-Espérance"", 'Caarte van de oost-kust van Africa van Mosambique tot digt aan kaap de Goede Hoop"
Rare map of the South East Coast of South Africa from Cap Aguilas to Mozambique with the west coast of Madagascar. Title in French and Dutch.
Probably from an early travel book.
Only examlple I can find is in National Library of France. link https://edl.beniculturali.it/open/384391
Folds Tight margins but no loss of printed surface.
Good hand colour
Very good condition
code : M5055
Cartographer : Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
Date : 1750c
Size : 30*38.5 cms
availability : Available
Price : £150
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (born in Paris July 11, 1697 – January 28, 1782), was both a geographer and cartographer who greatly improved the standards of map-making. His maps of ancient geography, characterized by careful, accurate work and based largely on original research, are especially valuable. He left unknown areas of continents blank and noted doubtful information as such; compared to the lavish maps of his predecessors, his maps
