"Partie de la Haute Aethiopie ou sont l'Empire des Abissins et la Nube &c.", Sanson, Nicolas
Subject: Central Africa
Period: 1699 (circa)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
8.3 x 11.6 inches
21.1 x 29.5 cm
Very uncommon map focused on the fictitious Ptolemaic twin lakes of Zaire and Zaflan that were purported to be the source of the Nile, located at the foot of the mythical Lunie Montes, or Mountains of the Moon, often identified as the Ruwenzori Mountains in Uganda. The map is filled with fictitious place names and topography, all meticulously detailed and engraved by Antoine de Winter.
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Condition: A
Sharp impression on a sturdy sheet. The right binding side was close with a short tear and has been almost invisibly repaired by the leaf-casting method.
