Africae Pars Borealis

This decorative map covers the northern half of the African continent.

It is full of the spurious geography of the period with inaccurately located large lakes, rivers, and mountains.

The title cartouche incorporates African wildlife, and sailing ships add further interest to the map.

By Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) for his Atlas Novus exhibens orbem terraguem per naturae opera, historiae navae acveterus monumenta, artistique geographicae leges et praecepta...published in eight volumes from 1702-1710 in Munich. Scherer, a devout Jesuit, produced this geographical compendium to depict the Catholic hierarchy and the spread of Jesuit missions throughout the world.


Copper engraving, in very good condition.