Map: Africa Interior

1989.11.0027

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Artifact Identification Map: Africa Interior   (1989.11.0027)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Cellarius, Christoph (1638-1707) Casparus ( Gaspar ) Fritsch: Publisher
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1706 CE
Culture European

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 33.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 24.0 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 6 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Paper--rag, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed
Munsell Color Information Yellowish Gray (10yr 8.5/2)-top left corner Black (N 1.75/ 2.5% R)-lettering

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University Library. "Africa Interior" by Christoph Cellarius. From Notitia Orbis Antiqui; v. 2; lib. 4 onp. 142. Netherlands: 1706.

Bibliography

Cellarius, Christoph. Notitae Orbis Antiqui sive Geographiae Plenioris... Liber IV. P. 142-3. (P. 904 and 905 in Google document) Amsterdam: Casparus Fritsch, 1706. Accessed on Google Books. Cellarius, Christoph. Notitae Orbis Antiqui sive Geographiae Plenioris... P. 939. Lipsiae: Friderici Gleditschii, 1732. Accessed on Google Books. Moorehead, Alan. The White Nile. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Moorehead, Alan. The Blue Nile. New York: Vintage Books, 1962.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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