MAP, Africa, Leth
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Africa. Hendrik de Leth, L'Afrique Dressee Suivant les Auteurs les Plus Nouvea et sur les Observations de Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, from Nouvel Atlas Geographique & Historique..., 1740 (circa). Hand Color. Charming map of the continent with some interesting cartography and filled with notations. The Nile is correctly shown with its origins in Abyssinia. A large Lac de Zaire appears just below the Equator as the source of the Zaire River. Decorated with a title cartouche and compass rose. For his Nouvel Atlas, Leth made close copies of Jacques Chiquet's maps published in Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas in 1719.
LITERATURE: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.LETH-1a.
LITERATURE: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.LETH-1a.
Condition
A dark impression with contemporary outline color, issued folding with light toning along the folds and short fold separations with old paper repairs on verso. Grade: B+
Dimensions
6.5 x 8.7 in
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MAP, Africa, Leth
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