Pass card of the Gulf of Benin, Jan Luyken, 1683 - 1799 print Pass card of the Gulf of Benin on the west coast of Africa, with a compass rose, the north is above. At the top left the title and address of the publisher, surrounded by a dark man with a bow and arch and fee, a sleeping man and a group of men at a campfire. At the bottom right a few putti and Meermanen at the scale, which is shown in German, Spanish and English or French miles (scale: c. 1: 1,400,000). Amsterdam paper etching / engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. merman. swimming mammals: w
Pass card of the Gulf of Benin, Jan Luyken, 1683 - 1799 print Pass card of the Gulf of Benin on the west coast of Africa, with a compass rose, the north is above. At the top left the title and address of the publisher, surrounded by a dark man with a bow and arch and fee, a sleeping man and a group of men at a campfire. At the bottom right a few putti and Meermanen at the scale, which is shown in German, Spanish and English or French miles (scale: c. 1: 1,400,000). Amsterdam paper etching / engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. merman. swimming mammals: whale. Africans. sleeping on the ground. archer's weapons: bow and arrow Afrika. Atlantic Ocean
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