Angola, Luanda, large panorama Dapper/Van Meurs, 1676, Loanda S. Pauli

Very large 17th century copper engraved panoramic view of Luanda in Angola.

It shows the coast line with several Dutch war ships on the foreground. The image shows how the city was conquered by the Dutch West Indies Company in 1642.

14 locations are identified, with an index in Dutch in the upper left corner and an English index in the upper right.

Published in the 1676 edition of Olfert Dapper´s "Naukeurige Beschrijvingen der Afrikaensche gewesten en Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden", popularly known as ´Description of Africa´.

Olfert Dapper’s ‘Description of Africa’ was an ethnographic book which offered a detailed description of the parts of Africa known to Europeans in the mid-seventeenth century. Despite the work being regarded as one of the most important and detailed seventeenth-century publications on Africa, Dapper himself never actually visited the continent. Instead, he relied on the reports of Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. The ‘Description of Africa’ was first published in 1668 by Jacob van Meurs in Amsterdam

Excellent condition. Very nice hand coloring.

Image 27,5x50cm, page 35x51,5cm