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The de Wit image of 1660 can be viewed with high resolution in the
stable URL at the AFRITERRA Free Library:
http://catalog.afriterra.org/zoomMap.cmd?number=801
Also the Ortelius personification 1584
http://catalog.afriterra.org/zoomMap.cmd?number=453
Gerald J. Rizzo
Afriterra Free Library
Boston MA
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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
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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
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