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Description 17th-century map of the Kingdom of Congo. This map was published as an inset labelled Congi regni in Africa Christiani nova descriptio. alongside a larger map Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Joannis imperium. It was published as an update to Mercator's Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura of 1595 (in spite of the filename, this is not a map made by Mercator himself!).
Date circa 1630
date QS:P,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Northwestern University Library: African Maps
Author published by Jodocus Hondius

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current22:29, 12 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 22:29, 12 January 2010879 × 874 (563 KB)Kaldaribetter crop
21:41, 12 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 21:41, 12 January 2010884 × 877 (580 KB)Kaldari{{Information |Description=Map of the Congo |Source=[http://fedora.library.northwestern.edu/fedora/get/inu:inu-afrmap-3805126/inu:NWUCollectionBDef/getDefaultView Northwestern University Library: African Maps] |Date=Published ca. 1630 |Author=Gerhard Merc

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