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Le Cours Du Nil ...

Le Cours Du Nil ...

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A dramatic and scarce large-scale map of Egypt and the Nile to its source shown as Lake Demba in Ethiopia. The map "... suivant les Auteurs Modernes ..." is extremely detailed with a larger scale inset, at lower left, of "L'Egipte Moderne" as far south as Aswan. The large titlepiece is decorated with Egyptian buildings, hieroglyphs and topped by a crocodile.

region: Maps of Northern Africa
mapmaker: N.De Fer  
place and date of publication: Paris 1720
medium and colour: copperplate, Original colour
size in cms: 65 x 47
ref: 32831
price: £ 650

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