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The Nile crocodile as an attribute of Africa can be seen on Frederic de Wit’s first folio map of Africa published in 1660. NOVA | AFRICA | DESCRIPTIO | Auct. F. de Wit. I do not know just when the image of Africa sitting on a crocodile was first used on maps, but you could ask Richard Betz who is the author of “The Mapping of Africa: A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700" his web site is www.betzmaps.com George Carhart -----Original Message----- >From: Jean Fontaine <jfont...@globetrotter.net> >Sent: Sep 25, 2011 9:47 PM >To: Discussion group for map history <maphist@geo.uu.nl> >Subject: Re: [MapHist] personification of Egypt > >This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the >whole list) >o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > >A variation of the Nile crocodile as an attribute of Egypt or Africa is >the alligator or the cayman as an attribute of America. See : > >http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Commande#Les_quatre_parties_du_monde > >The original of this statue of America, located at Versailles, was made >in 1675-1679. The crocodile-looking "alligator" is said to symbolize the >new colony of Louisiana. There's one problem : the French didn't explore >the delta and Louisiana wasn't founded until 1682... > >JF >_______________________________________________ >MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography >hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. >The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of >the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of >Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for >the views of the author. >List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > >Maphist mailing list >Maphist@geo.uu.nl >http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist Dr.phil. George S. Carhart Allacher Str. 196 D-80997 München (+49)0171-7550798 ---- 7 Lafayette Str. Portland, ME 04101 USA (+1)207-775-1239 _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
