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Namibia, Botswana and South Africa

Stefano Bonsignori1582

Palazzo Vecchio Museum

Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy

The scroll reads: "This part of Africa was unknown to the ancients until the Serene John king of Portugal discovered it. He had his ships sail along the western coast…that is when the tip was discovered…first called Turbulent Cape because of the great storms; then, once they had crossed the tip and discovered the Eastern Ocean, since they had found what they wished they changed its name into Cape of Good Hope. The first discoverer was Bartolomeo Dias Portoguese who later found his burial place in these seas together with his ship." Photo: Rabatti & Domingie

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  • Title: Namibia, Botswana and South Africa
  • Creator Lifespan: 1589
  • Creator Nationality: Italian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Firenze
  • Creator Birth Place: Firenze
  • Date Created: 1582
  • cartographer: Stefano Bonsignori
  • Theme: map
  • Physical Dimensions: w113 x h115 cm (Complete)
  • Original title: Namibia, Botswana e Sud Africa
  • 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
Palazzo Vecchio Museum

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