Educational Map Series: Africae Accuratissima ski

Educational Map Series: Africae Accuratissima skiAn early map of Africa, Totius Afric Accuratissima Tabula, is believed to have been published in Amsterdam in 1688 and is the work of Fredrik de Wit. Who was Fredrik de Wit? Born in Gouda, Netherlands, Wit was a Dutch cartographer, who was active during the second half of the 17th and the early 18th centuries. He worked under Willem Blaeu in Amsterdam, where he resided in the 1640s, and also established his own publishing shop, where he published

This rare portolan chart by Joan found in an atlas at the Library of Congress is an great illustration of his work

as well as the vast unexplored regions

Hancock and Putnam

the work “Authorized Map of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition” is a fascinating

Elmore and Coosa

boasting grassy and shaded picnic areas

and it covers 22

with the exception of coastlines

black spruce

with the upper left-hand panel showing the entire State of Alaska

it depiction of Texas’ interior was greatly improved in accuracy

dairy products