Tabula Geogra: Regni Congo / Lectori Benevolo Tabulam Hanc Regni Congo..

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Tabula Geogra: Regni Congo / Lectori Benevolo Tabulam Hanc Regni Congo..

Map shows the African Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) with part of the Congo River as far as the mouth of the Atlantic. The map shows rivers, mountains, forests and cities in detail. With a magnificent cartouche, two coats of arms and a wind rose. From Dietrich de Brys "Petit Voyages". Pigafetta's map of Africa, based on the explorations of Duarte Lopes, a Portuguese whose journeys into the Congo Basin heightened speculation about the source of the Nile. The map shows the part of the Congo region that Duarte Lopes visited between 1578 and 1584 during his travels in Africa. The viewer notices the accuracy of the coastline, as well as the density of place names and geographic features filling the interior of the continent. Although not all are based on strict facts, this was the most detailed and certainly the most accurate map of Africa for the Congo region published up to that time.

ca. 1597

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Bry, de - Pigafetta