#Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell'Africa

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Obsessed by the sheer number of sea monsters on this map of Africa that I came across! This is only 1/4 of it, and look at how many the cartographer put in!!! Convinced this expanse of ocean beyond Madagascar was included just so he could put in the sea monsters.

And lots of close-ups, because you need to see them!!!

And a link to the source (Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell'Africa, Giacomo Gastaldi, 1564) so you can all have fun seeing them up close and personal too: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00092152?page=,1

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It’s #monstermonday!  This map of Africa, entitled Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell'Africa i confini, was made sometime in the 1500s by Giacomo di Castaldi and engraved by Fabius Licinus. We’re unfortunately missing the bottom left hand sheet of the map, and it evidently has more sea monsters! 

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