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Africa, by François Halma. Before 1713
This map is an earlier state of Van der Aa's large-format Africa map. Van der Aa added his imprint in a small cartouche under the original title.
François Halma (Langerak, 1653 – Leeuwarden, 1722)
François Halma was a publisher who first established his business at Utrecht in 1674; later moved to Amsterdam where he worked as printer and publisher from 1699-1710 and finally settled at Leeuwarden, where he died in 1722.
Apart from many theological and historical works, he published a small number of geographical works and atlases. In 1695, during his period at Utrecht, he published Ptolemy’s Tabulae Geographicae orbis terrarium. His finest work appeared at Leeuwarden in 1718: the re-issue of Schotanus à Sterringa’s Friesche Atlas of 1698. He also published an edition of Sanson’s Description de l’Univers.
L'Afrique Selon les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Sciences, etc.
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Category: Antique maps > Africa
Old, antique map of Africa, by François Halma.
Title: L'Afrique Selon les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Sciences, etc.
[Above map:] Africa in Praecipuas ipsius Partes Distributa, ad Observationes Academiae Regiae Scientiarum, et Exquisitissimas Tabulas, quae nunquam Antehac Lucem Viderunt, Excusa A Francisco Halma, Cum privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae.
Date of the first edition: Before 1713.
Date of this map: Before 1713.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 500 x 660mm (19.69 x 25.98 inches).
Verso: Blank text.
Condition: Original coloured, small reinforcement at lower centrefold.
Condition Rating: A.
References: van der Krogt A, See 60:03
Separate publication.
This map is an earlier state of Van der Aa's large-format Africa map. Van der Aa added his imprint in a small cartouche under the original title.
François Halma (Langerak, 1653 – Leeuwarden, 1722)
François Halma was a publisher who first established his business at Utrecht in 1674; later moved to Amsterdam where he worked as printer and publisher from 1699-1710 and finally settled at Leeuwarden, where he died in 1722.
Apart from many theological and historical works, he published a small number of geographical works and atlases. In 1695, during his period at Utrecht, he published Ptolemy’s Tabulae Geographicae orbis terrarium. His finest work appeared at Leeuwarden in 1718: the re-issue of Schotanus à Sterringa’s Friesche Atlas of 1698. He also published an edition of Sanson’s Description de l’Univers.
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