East Africa Abyssinia Nile Source Somalia Ethiopia Red Sea 1719 Mallet map Gulf of Siam Shutesbury

Shutesbury

the finished print a marvel of superior hand-eye skill

et East-Angles our sont les Comtes

map and folder remaining clean - a pleasing and well preserved example

East Africa Abyssinia Nile Source Somalia Ethiopia Red Sea 1719 Mallet map Gulf of Siam ShutesburyEmpire des Abissins Comme Ie Est Pre Sentement. (Old Prints, Mallet Prints, Africa, East Africa, Abyssinia, Red Sea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Egypt). Issued 1719, Frankfurt, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 18th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Shows the apocryphal source of the Nile. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this