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Homann, Johann Baptist
1664 Oberkammlach - 1724 Nuremberg.
Totius Africae Nova Representatio qua praeter diversos in ea Status et Regiones [...].
Nuremberg, after 1715. Coloured copper engraving on laid paper with vertical fold. Richly figural title cartouche in Latin lower left as well as below inscribed «Marchand fecit aqua forti». Verso handwritten numbered «6» and inscribed «Africa».
H 49, W 57,5 cm (plate),
H 52,5, W 61 cm (sheet). Framed.
Polychrome hand-coloured map of the African continent. Several indigenous women and men are grouped around the cartouche with typical elements of the African wildlife, which serve as symbols of the continent, among them elephant tusks, snakes and a turtle. In the background are detailed small-figure depictions of the discovery of the source of the Nile, a monkey hunt and Egyptian pyramids.

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