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AFRICAE ACCURATA TABULA
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AFRICAE ACCURATA TABULA

Except for the shorelines on the map, this map of Africa is hardly accurate. This fact is not only a significant characteristic of this map by Nicolaes Visscher II (1649-1702), it is also the case for any other map of Africa published in the 17th and 18th centuries. The inlands of Africa were only explored in the second half of the 19th century.

Date
1681
Mapmaker / publisher
Author: Nicolaes Visscher II Publisher: | author = Author: Nicolaes Visscher II Publisher: | credit line =
Place
Africa
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
5,500 × 4,454 pixels

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"AFRICAE ACCURATA TABULA" (1681). Author: Nicolaes Visscher II Publisher: | author = Author: Nicolaes Visscher II Publisher: | credit line =, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_056-AFRICAE_ACCURATA_TABULA.jpeg

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