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Cape Verde Islands
By COLOM, Jacob Aertsz, 1668
Pascaert vande Soute Eylanden, ofte Ilhas de Cabo Verde
- Author: COLOM, Jacob Aertsz
- Publication place: Amsterdam
- Publisher: Printed By himselfe dwellinge on the Corne-market in the Fyrie-Colom, with Priviledge
- Publication date: 1668
- Physical description: Engraved map in fine original outline hand-colour
- Inventory reference: 3936
Notes
A chart of the Cape Verde Islands. First colonised in the fifteenth century, they were a crucial stopping point in the Atlantic crossing and were used by slaving and bullion fleets.
Bibliography
- Not recorded in Koeman but c.f. Koeman J. Col 6A for a list of the charts.
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