Africa.- Speed (John) Africae, described the manners of
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Africa.- Speed (John) Africae, described the manners of their habits, and buildings, the first map of Africa prepared by an English cartographer, filled with fictitious mountains, rivers and lakes, with a panel of eight plans illustrating Tanger, Ceuta, Alger, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo (Alca), Mozambique and the Canaries, and two panels of five figures along the left and right of the map, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark of fleur-de-lis, sheet 420 x 550 mm (16 1/2 x 21 3/4 in), English text verso, central vertical fold with some carefully repaired splitting, repaired tear in the lower left corner, otherwise marginal minor nicks, some surface dirt, handling creases, unframed, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676]
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Africa.- Speed (John) Africae, described the manners of
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