L'Afrique divisee en Ses Principaux Antique Prints through the Caribbean and down

through the Caribbean and down to South America

it is a fascinating study

The great book "Manhattan in Maps" by Augustyn and Cohen features this map (page 152)

here "Candie"

L'Afrique divisee en Ses Principaux Antique Prints through the Caribbean and downL'Afrique divisee en Ses Principaux Etats A crisp engraving by a French master with light original hand color. A fine example of French cartography from the time, with a nice sense of presentation and decorative cartouche. Here, the whole continent is basically shown, with ancient mistakes such as the lakes shown at the base of the "Mountains of the Moon" which were the supposed source of the Nile. General attributions such as "Ethiopie" cover vast