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Western Africa including: Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Costa d'Avorio, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Benin

Stefano Bonsignori1580

Palazzo Vecchio Museum

Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy

The scroll reads: "The ancients called this Province inner Libya, which for many centuries was unknown though well inhabited since after the Deluge…it remained hidden for many centuries, until the Portuguese sailing along its shores discovered the land, which they still own." Photo: Rabatti & Domingie

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  • Title: Western Africa including: Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Costa d'Avorio, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Benin
  • Creator Lifespan: 1589
  • Creator Nationality: Italian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Firenze
  • Creator Birth Place: Firenze
  • Date Created: 1580
  • cartographer: Stefano Bonsignori
  • Theme: map
  • Physical Dimensions: w112 x h115 cm (Complete)
  • Original title: Africa occidentale comprendente: Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Costa d'Avorio, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo e Benin
  • Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
  • Type: oil painting on wood
  • Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
Palazzo Vecchio Museum

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