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AETHIOPIA INFERIOR, vel EXTERIOR. Partes magis Septentrionalis, quae hic desiderantur, vide in tabula Ethiopiae Superioris
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AETHIOPIA INFERIOR, vel EXTERIOR. Partes magis Septentrionalis, quae hic desiderantur, vide in tabula Ethiopiae Superioris

Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B13 065-AETHIOPIA INFERIOR

This map by Willem Jansz. Blaeu (c.1571-1638) was used as a model in the 17th century for many maps of South-Afric. The map is partly based on the map of the kingdom of Prester John by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) from 1573. According to old legends there was a christian kingdom somewhere in the unexplored inlands of Afric. The east coast has been represented relatively accurately for which Blaeu probable made use of Portugese sources. The two great lakes south of the equator were represented based on descriptions by Ptolemeus from the second century. The lakes were believed to be the sources of the River Nile.

Date
1635
Mapmaker / publisher
Publisher
Place
Africa
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
5,500 × 4,261 pixels

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