East Africa Abyssinia Nile Source Somalia Ethiopia Red Sea 1719 Mallet map Gulf of Siam comprising the second year of

comprising the second year of this influential and widely admired three year long journal

a lovely decorative 100+ year old Dutch lithograph game board

the finished print a marvel of superior hand-eye skill

A Book of Knowledge

Great little image entirely worthy of an album or hanging for display

East Africa Abyssinia Nile Source Somalia Ethiopia Red Sea 1719 Mallet map Gulf of Siam comprising the second year ofEmpire des Abissins Comme Ie Est Pre Sentement. (Old Prints, Mallet Prints, Africa, East Africa, Abyssinia, Red Sea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Egypt). Issued 1719, Frankfurt, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 18th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Shows the apocryphal source of the Nile. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this