Atlas contractus sive mapparum geographicarum / Sansoniarum auctarum et correctarum nova co... (1700) - Page 3

A hand-colored copper-engraved map of the African continent. The map depicts the entire continent of Africa, along with parts of Southern Europe and the Arabian Peninsula. Regions and kingdoms are delineated with hand-colored borders in red, yellow, and green. Geographic features include major river systems like the Nile and Niger, mountain ranges, and coastal details. The lower-left corner features an elaborate decorative vignette showing an elephant with a rider, a crocodile, a lion, and several figures in traditional attire, situated next to the title cartouche. Two inset tables for distance scales and geographical coordinates are located in the lower right and middle left respectively.

AFRICA

Geographical Map

restored from the most accurate

Maritime, French, German, and

Belgian itineraries and charts,

and adjusted to degrees of

Longitude and Latitude.

By G. SCHENCK, Sculptor to the King

of Poland and Elector of Saxony,

at Amsterdam; who has the privilege

of the Most Powerful States-General

of the United Netherlands.

From the workshop of

PETRI SCHENKII.

Names of Places	Longitude	Latitude
I. of St. James	358. 30	15. 15
I. of Goree	0. 30	14. 30
C. Verde	0. 0	14. 40
C. Sierra Leone	6. 10	8. 20
C. de Palmas	11. 0	4. 20
C. de Tres Puntas	15. 45	4. 50
I. of St. Thomas	24. 40	0. 0
C. Lopo Gonsalves	25. 15	1. 0 S.
Luanda St. Paul	30. 40	8. 15 S.
C. of Good Hope	36. 30	34. 15 S.

Various miles used by different nations, which serve

for the Geographical maps to know the measure

of distant places, which vary according to their scale.

Miles
Italian mile	———
French mile or league	———
Average German mile	———
Spanish mile or hour of travel	———
English mile	———
Swedish and Danish mile	———
Hungarian mile	———

REGIONS AND SEAS

MEDITERRANEAN SEA
BARBARY (Fez, Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli)
BILEDULGERID Southern region of the Maghreb
SARRA, that is, THE DESERT
NIGRITIA (Kingdom of Timbuktu, Agades, Kano, Katsina)
EGYPT
NUBIA
EMPIRE OF THE ABYSSINIANS
GUINEA
BIAFARA
CONGO
CAFFRERIA
MONOMOTAPA
MONO-EMUGI
MADAGASCAR (Island of St. Lawrence)
RED SEA
WESTERN OCEAN
ETHIOPIAN OCEAN
EASTERN OCEAN or INDIAN SEA
Equator or EQUINOCTIAL LINE