Seventeenth and eighteenth century maps of Southern Africa in the Bibliothèque nationale, France

TitreSeventeenth and eighteenth century maps of Southern Africa in the Bibliothèque nationale, France
Publication TypeArticle de revue
Année de Publication2015
AuthorsIan Glenn
PériodiqueBulletin of the National Library of South Africa
Volume69
Numéro2
Pagination157-164
Résumé

The article discusses the collection of 17th and 18th century maps of Southern Africa in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the national library of France located in Paris. It discusses some of the difficulties in understanding the provenance of this collection and looks at several implications of these maps.