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Auction 116, Lot 820
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"Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Africa - Central

Period: 1646 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.7 x 11.3 inches
37.3 x 28.7 cm
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Decorative map of eastern and central Africa depicts the legendary Christian kingdom of Prester John. Based on an earlier map by Blaeu, there is a fair amount of detail on the eastern coast, reflecting Colonial trading interests. Below the equator there are the two large lakes where the Nile originates. The map is decorated with a title cartouche surrounded by native figures, a decorative scale of miles, and elephants, ostriches and a monkey in the interior.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $475

Closed on 9/20/2006

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