Subject: Eastern Africa
Period: 1703 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Curieux
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.9 x 8.8 inches
32.8 x 22.4 cm
This map covers from Tunis and Benin through the horn of Africa and all of the Arabian peninsula. It is densely engraved with detail of the topography and includes numerous notations concerning the inhabitants. The source of the Nile is shown in a lake in Abyssinia and the Nile and Niger rivers are shown connected. This is the first edition.
References: Pastoureau, FER I [103].
Condition: B
Contemporary outline color with scattered foxing and minor toning.