"Afrique ou Libie Ulterieure ou sont Le Saara ou Desert, Le Pays des Negres La Guinee, &c", Sanson, Nicolas
Subject: Western Africa
Period: 1660 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.3 x 6.9 inches
28.7 x 17.5 cm
Charming map of western Africa featuring the Sahara Desert, the Niger River and the coast of Guinea. The map is filled with detail, much of it fictitious. Title in wreath style cartouche.
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Condition: A
Close margins as issued with browning at paper edges. Attractive old color.