Alternative Title
[The Portion of Upper Ethiopia. Wherein Lie the Kingdoms of Abissinia and Nubia, etc. Drawn from Sanuto and Mercator]
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Identifier
20086422
Description
This Dutch-language map contains focuses on the rumored 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. It was engraved by Antoine de Winter from a map by the French cartographer Nicolas Sanson. This map appeared in "Algemeene Weereld-Beschryving..." (The Complete World Described...), a 1705 Dutch edition published by Francois Halma of A. Phérotée de la Croix's "Nouvelle Methode Pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie Universelle," which first appeared in 1690. Colored, horizontal map. Double-paged, single-sided map folded at center. 29 cm. x 21 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Archival Date
1705
Collection Name
Maps of Africa
Collection Number
Acc. 2019-273
Language
Dutch
Original Format
Maps
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Maps; Africa; Uganda; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Kenya; Sudan; Tanzania; Djibouti; Mountains; Rivers; Lakes; Cartouches (Graphic)