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Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Petrus...

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Gerard Mercator

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Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Petrus Kaeirus Cela:vit.

Publication Place / Date

Duisberg / 1608

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8 x 5.5 inches

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Hand Colored

Condition

VG+

Stock# 6855

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Nice example of Mercator's map of the Kingdom of Prester John, from the Mercator Minor Atlas. Shows towns, rivers, mountain, lakes, islands, etc. A fine example of one of the great myth maps of the early 17th Century. Latin text on verso.

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