Cape of Good Hope (sea chart). [unidentified]

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1726
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50 x 72cm
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Manuscript coloured chart. 3 insets : 1,"Aldus vertoondt Caap de Bona Esperanca als men uijt de west komt aan zijlen, gelekent op schip Westerdycks loertroen (?) 24 February Ao. 1720". - 2, "Taffel baaij...". - 3, "Aldus vertoondt de Caap de Goede Hoop als men op de reeden ten anker legt benevens de woon plaas der burgers en het Casteel..." Buildings are shown pictorially & there is a large attractive compass rose. This chart is described & noted as unidentified in Johannesburg Pub. Lib. : Exhibition of-decorative maps of Africa up to 1800. 1952, descriptive Catalogue, p.156.
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