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Nederlands: Kaart van het zuidelijk deel van het continent Afrika 
                     English:  Map of the southern part of the African continent
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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 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uitgeest Amsterdam
Work period 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
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Amsterdam (1599–1638); Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q520327
Abraham Ortelius  (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
Alternative names
Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q232916
Nederlands: Wilhelm (Jansz.) Blaeu (uitgever), Abraham Ortelius (gewerkt naar)
English: Wilhelm (Jansz.) Blaeu (publisher), Abraham Ortelius (copied after)
Title
Nederlands: Kaart van het zuidelijk deel van het continent Afrika
English: Map of the southern part of the African continent
Description
Nederlands: Kaart van het zuidelijk deel van het continent Afrika uit de Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag Deel 4. Deze kaart van Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1638) gold in de 17de eeuw als het model waarnaar vele kaarten van Zuid-Afrika werden gekopieerd. De kaart is voor een deel gebaseerd op de kaart het Koninkrijk van Prester John van Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) uit 1573. Volgens oude legenden bevond zich ergens in het onbekende binnenlanden van Afrika een christelijk koninkrijk. De oostkust van Afrika is vrij nauwkeurig weergegeven waarbij Blaeu vermoedelijk gebruik maakte van Portugese bronnen. De twee grote meren iets onder de evenaar, heeft Blaeu ontleend aan beschrijvingen van de geograaf Ptolemaeus uit de 2e eeuw na Christus. Ze werden beschouwd als de bronnen van de Nijl.
English: Map of the southern part of the African continent taken from the Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, Part 4. During the 17th century this chart by Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1638) functioned as a blueprint from which many maps of southern Africa were copied. The chart is partly based on the map of the Kingdom of Prester John drawn by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) in 1573. According to legend, somewhere deep in the unknown African interior there was a Christian kingdom. The east coast of Africa is rendered fairly accurately, and it is thought that Blaeu drew from Portuguese sources. The two great lakes situated just below the equator were taken by Blaeu from descriptions recorded by the geographer Ptolemaeus in the second century AD. These lakes were deemed to be the sources of the Nile.
Date 1635
date QS:P571,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
Nederlands: koperdruk op papier
English: copperplate printing on paper
Dimensions height: 50 cm (19.6 in); width: 38 cm (14.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,50U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,38U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1526131
Accession number
1049B13_066
Inscriptions
AETHIOPIA INFERIOR, vel EXTERIOR. Partes magis Septentrionalis, quae hic desiderantur, vide in tabula Ethiopiae Superioris
Notes
English: Subjects: chart / map / plan, ship / vessel, Asians & Africans, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fauna, Person
Nederlands: Onderwerpen: plattegrond / kaart, schip / vaartuig, Aziaten & Afrikanen, banderol / cartouche / versiering, fauna, Persoon
Source/Photographer Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage
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