Spain, Tenerife, Canary Islands, El Teide Dapper, 1686, Le Pic de Teneriffe / De Piek-Bergh op het Eilant Tenerifto

A 17th century copper-engraved view of the island Tenerife, from a 1686 French edition of Olfert Dapper's ´Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Gewesten´, commonly known as the Description of Africa. The view is not very accurate, most likely the artist based his drawing on the verbal description of the island and perhaps some rudimentary older images.

Olfert Dapper's "Description of Africa" was an ethnographic book that gave a detailed description of the parts of Africa known to Europeans in the mid-17th century. Despite the fact that the work is considered one of the most important and detailed publications on Africa of the 17th century, Dapper himself never visited the continent. Instead, he relied on the reports of Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. The "Description of Africa" was first published in 1668 by Jacob van Meurs in Amsterdam.

Excellent condition

Image 24x31,5cm, sheet 35,5x45cm