R5,000
George Mathaus Seutter - AFRICA JUXTA NAVIGATIONES ET OBSERVATIONES
Augsburg: M Seutter, (1728) [c1740]
Copperplate engraving, full colour, centerfold, two repaired closed tears of 5 and 4cm, some soiling in margins, a few foxing spots; verso: paint show through, some soiling along edges, pencil notes
51 by 57,5cm
from Atlas Novus
Norwich states that this map is "crowded with erroneous detail" and Tooley concurs that it is an "extraordinarily inaccurate map". It shows the large lake in central Africa, the Abyssinian province of Amhara is located in the kingdom of Monomotapa, and the information in southern Africa is mostly fantasy. It also includes the real and fictitious St Helena islands.
LITERATURE
Norwich #80
Tooley p.110
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