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South Africa, Mozambique and part of Madagascar
Ignazio Danti1565/1575
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads:"This part of Africa was unknown to the ancients because the description by Ptolomy does not go beyond the promontory of Prao which is today known as Mozambique. The said part of Africa was discovered by the Portoguese at the time of King John. The southernmost tip is called Cape of Good Hope, which tip scares sailors for its heavy and continuos storms." Photo: Rabatti & Domingie
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- Title: South Africa, Mozambique and part of Madagascar
- Creator Lifespan: 1536 - 1586
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Alatri
- Creator Birth Place: Perugia
- Date Created: 1565/1575
- cartographer: Egnazio Danti
- Theme: map
- Physical Dimensions: w99 x h114 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Sud Africa, Mozambico e parte del Madagascar
- Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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