Nicolas Sanson's Map of Libya. Made in the year 1679.
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| Date: | 1679 |
| Author: | Nicolas Sanson |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (6.6mb) |
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Nicolas Sanson's map of Western Africa and the Sahara desert.
Any native French speaker want to help me out with this?:
L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou font le Saara, or desért, le pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les pays circonv., tirée en partie de Sanut, et de l'Arabe du Nubie : en partie de diverses cartes veues, jusques a present : la coste de Negres, et Guinee, &c. est apres les observations de Samuel Blomart / par le S. Sanson d'Abbeville, geogr. ordre du Roy : avec priuilège [i.e. privilège] du Roy pour vingt ans : I. Somer Pruthenus Scupl.A handsome map, all-told. I like it quite a bit.
I think “the Arab from Nubia” is al Idrisi.
The translation of the text could be :
AFRICA, or further LIBYA : where are SAHARA or DESERT, the COUNTRY OF “NEGROES”, GUINEA, and surrounding countries.
In part made from the works of Sanut*, and the Arab from Nubia** ;
in part made from maps already seen.
The “Negroes’ Coast”, and Guinea, etc, are drawn from the observations of Samuel Blomart.
Drawn by Sanson d’Abbeville, King’s geographer.
In Paris
[edition] from the author
With royal permission, for 20 years
In latin : Johanes Pruthenus Somer engrave it.
* Sanut (Livio sanuto) was a Venitian geographer, who lived in the sixteenth century :
** The Arab of Nubia was an other geographer, but I didn’t find anything about him.
Many thanks for your translation help, Clem. It’s very edifying, and it is much appreciated.