Abissinorum Regnu
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This attractive map was one of the earliest to focus on today's east Africa, however, very little present detail is recognisable. This edition of a map first published in the Atlas Minor, in 1607, map was published in Historia Mundi or Mercator's atlas, in 1637. This was the first English text edition of the series and this plate has an English text title, outside the map image and English text on the reverse.
region: Maps of Eastern Africa
place and date of publication:
Amsterdam 1607- 1635
medium and colour:
copperplate, coloured
ref:
42773
size in mm: 135 by 180mm (5.25 by 7 inches). Price: £ 240£ 144 |
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