Blaeu, Willem Janzoon. Africa nova descriptio. Amsterdam, 1630 College Views a small copse of trees

a small copse of trees and a two-story barn in the left-hand background

the Brooklyn Museum (on loan

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published by the humanist scholar Johannes Cramers

Blaeu, Willem Janzoon. Africa nova descriptio. Amsterdam, 1630 College Views a small copse of treesWillem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571 1638) Africa nova descriptio from Blaeu's Novus Atlas Amsterdam, c. 1640 This beautifully detailed map of Africa, created by the renowned Dutch cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu, exemplifies the height of 17th century Dutch cartography. Blaeus Africa nova descriptio offers a comprehensive view of the African continent as understood by European explorers and geographers of the early 1600s. Drawing upon both classical