New Map of Africa. (Africae Tabvla Nova) 1575

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-98). The map is based on Giacomo Gastaldi's eight-sheet wall map of 1564 and on the 1569 world map by Gerhard Mercator and is the first to reflect accurately the knowledge gained by Europeans about the geography of the African continent from explorations of the previous century. The map remained highly influential until the 17th century. Ortelius introduced two changes from previous maps of Africa: he made the Cape of Good Hope more pointed and he reduced the eastward extension of the continent. The map includes, in the correct locations, place names that are still in use today, for example Mozambique, Benin, and Congo. It also employs more general terms, such as "Nigritarum Regio" (Kingdom of the Blacks). Theatrum orbis terrarum is considered the first true atlas in the modern sense: a collection of uniform map sheets and accompanying text bound to form a book for which copper printing plates were specifically engraved. The first edition was followed by other versions in Latin, Dutch, French, German, and Spanish, with an ever-increasing number of maps. Between 1570 and 1612, the atlas was issued in 31 editions and seven languages. The map shown here is from the fifth Latin edition, published in 1575. As with many other maps in the atlas, it was engraved by Frans Hogenberg (circa 1539-90).
Created by Giacomo Gastaldi, Franz Hogenberg, Gerhard Mercator, Abraham Ortelius in 1575.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• Original resource extent: 1 map ; 36 x 49 centimeters.
• Reference extracted from World Digital Library: "Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe," at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. http://issuu.com/the-walters-art-museum/docs/singlepages3429_african_presence_10/11.|"Ortelius External Atlas," at https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gnrlort.html
• Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
• Content in Latin.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Subjects

Giacomo Gastaldi

Franz Hogenberg

Gerhard Mercator

Abraham Ortelius

1575

Map Tags

1575

Abraham Ortelius

Franz Hogenberg

Gerhard Mercator

Giacomo Gastaldi

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