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Auction 128, Lot 888
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"Partie de la Haute Aethiopie ou sont l'Empire des Abissins et la Nube &c.", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Central Africa

Period: 1700 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.3 x 11.6 inches
21.1 x 29.5 cm
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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 Lunae 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

A sharp impression with narrow, but adequate margins as issued.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $140

Closed on 5/20/2009

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