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Nederlands: Kaart van een deel van Afrika 
                     English:  Map of a part of Africa
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Author
Willem Blaeu  (1571–1638)  wikidata:Q520327
 
Willem Blaeu
Description Dutch cartographer, publisher, instrument maker, astronomer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1571 Edit this at Wikidata 18 October 1638 / 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uitgeest Amsterdam
Work period 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Amsterdam (1599–1638); Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q520327
Nederlands: Wilhelm (Jansz.) Blaeu (uitgever)
English: Wilhelm (Jansz.) Blaeu (publisher)
Title
Nederlands: Kaart van een deel van Afrika
English: Map of a part of Africa
Description
Nederlands: Kaart van een deel van Afrika.

AEthiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive presbiteri Ioannis Imperium:.

Deze kaart van Ethiopië werd in 1635 gepubliceerd door Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1638). Het is niet bekend aan welke geografische bron Blaeu deze kaart ontleende.

In de latijnse titel van de kaart wordt verwezen naar Pape Jan, een katholieke priester die een christelijk rijk gesticht zou hebben in Afrika.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, inv. nr. 185 B 11 deel I, na p. 666.
English: Map of a part of Africa.

AEthiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive presbiteri Ioannis Imperium:.

This map of Ethiopia was published in 1635 by Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1638). It is not known which geographical source Blaeu used to compile the chart.

The Latin title of the map makes reference to Pape Jan, a Catholic priest said to have founded a Christian state in Africa.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 185 B 11 part 1, after p. 666.
Date 1635
date QS:P571,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
Nederlands: ingekleurde gravure op papier
English: coloured engraving on paper
Dimensions height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,54U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,42U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1526131
Accession number
1049B13_062
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AEthiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive presbiteri Ioannis Imperium:
Notes
English: Subjects: chart / map / plan, Person, Asians & Africans, fauna
Nederlands: Onderwerpen: plattegrond / kaart, Persoon, Aziaten & Afrikanen, fauna
English: Post: this image is related to a VOC trading post called Soyo
Source/Photographer Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage
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Object location6° 07′ 58.5″ S, 12° 22′ 01.95″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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