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[Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)]
Prebisteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio, [Antwerp: 1572 or later]. Handcoloured engraved map of Africa, elephants, galleon and sea monsters, Latin text on verso, 370 x 435mm. Norwich 11.
With Ortelius's Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio ([Antwerp, n.d.]), Claudius Ptolemaeus's Tabula nova partis Africae ([Basel, c.1542]), and 4 smaller early maps of Africa. (7)
Prebisteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio, [Antwerp: 1572 or later]. Handcoloured engraved map of Africa, elephants, galleon and sea monsters, Latin text on verso, 370 x 435mm. Norwich 11.
With Ortelius's Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio ([Antwerp, n.d.]), Claudius Ptolemaeus's Tabula nova partis Africae ([Basel, c.1542]), and 4 smaller early maps of Africa. (7)
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