Copperplate engraved map of Africa, from the 1753 Paris edition of Euler's "Atlas," one of the first atlases intended for school use. Map was engraved for the Royal Prussian Academy Bellin. Map of the continent combines known details and speculations. The center of Africa is largely blank. The Sahara is referred to as the Barabary Desert. Surrounding regions of Southern Mediterranean Sea, Arabia, and Asia are highly detailed. Decorative title cartouche with vignette, (located in bottom left corner) depicts local inhabitant within a tropical landscape of trees and cliffs. A Prussian duty stamp printed in bottom right corner. Landforms and waterways depicted throughout. Regions delineated by various shaded colors. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key not provided. Hachures depicted off coast(s). Double-paged, single-sided, horizontal map on laid paper. Bound at centrefold on verso. Verso is blank. 40 cm. x 42 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Item: Africae ad Emendatiora Qua Ad Huc Prodierunt Exempla Jussu
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Original image part of the Maps of Africa, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: 2019-180, Euler_Africae ad Emendatiora Qua Ad Huc Prodierunt Exempla Jussu_1753_UTA_2019-180
Identifier: 20086316
Title: Africae ad Emendatiora Qua Ad Huc Prodierunt Exempla Jussu
Creator: Euler, Leonard (Cartographer)
Description: Copperplate engraved map of Africa, from the 1753 Paris edition of Euler's "Atlas," one of the first atlases intended for school use. Map was engraved for the Royal Prussian Academy Bellin. Map of the continent combines known details and speculations. The center of Africa is largely blank. The Sahara is referred to as the Barabary Desert. Surrounding regions of Southern Mediterranean Sea, Arabia, and Asia are highly detailed. Decorative title cartouche with vignette, (located in bottom left corner) depicts local inhabitant within a tropical landscape of trees and cliffs. A Prussian duty stamp printed in bottom right corner. Landforms and waterways depicted throughout. Regions delineated by various shaded colors. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key not provided. Hachures depicted off coast(s). Double-paged, single-sided, horizontal map on laid paper. Bound at centrefold on verso. Verso is blank. 40 cm. x 42 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1753
Coverage: 1750s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Royal Prussian Academy, Waterways, Deserts, Sahara, Mediterranean Sea, Cartouches (Graphic)
Location: Africa
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: Latin
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Africae ad Emendatiora Qua Ad Huc Prodierunt Exempla Jussu
Creator: Euler, Leonard (Cartographer)
Description: Copperplate engraved map of Africa, from the 1753 Paris edition of Euler's "Atlas," one of the first atlases intended for school use. Map was engraved for the Royal Prussian Academy Bellin. Map of the continent combines known details and speculations. The center of Africa is largely blank. The Sahara is referred to as the Barabary Desert. Surrounding regions of Southern Mediterranean Sea, Arabia, and Asia are highly detailed. Decorative title cartouche with vignette, (located in bottom left corner) depicts local inhabitant within a tropical landscape of trees and cliffs. A Prussian duty stamp printed in bottom right corner. Landforms and waterways depicted throughout. Regions delineated by various shaded colors. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key not provided. Hachures depicted off coast(s). Double-paged, single-sided, horizontal map on laid paper. Bound at centrefold on verso. Verso is blank. 40 cm. x 42 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1753
Coverage: 1750s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Royal Prussian Academy, Waterways, Deserts, Sahara, Mediterranean Sea, Cartouches (Graphic)
Location: Africa
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: Latin
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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