Africae accurata tabula ex officina Jacobum Meursium

Single sheet. Engr. Contents Note: Title cartouche with African figures, dedication cartouche with sea sprites. Land decorated with animals; sea with ships, whales and flying fish.
This version, with the dedication cartouche blank, is probably from John Ogilby's 1670 Description and complete History of Africa, translated from Montanus' Dutch original.

Object Details

ID: G290:1/9
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Meurs, Jacob van; Ogilby, John
Date made: 1670
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 44 x 55cm, on sheet 47 x 59cm.
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