Subject: Eastern Africa
Period: 1771 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16.4 x 11.8 inches
41.7 x 30 cm
Attractive map covering northeastern Africa, the Red Sea, and part of Arabia. A number of kingdoms and tribes are named in the region of present-day Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. A notation in the bottom left corner states that many emeralds are supposedly in these mountains. Adorned by a decorative title cartouche and four distance scales.
References:
Condition: B+
A nice impression with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the cartouche, on a bright sheet with a large watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There are a few small spots in the image and minor toning along the edges of the sheet.
