North Africa Egypt Fictional Nile Source Two Lakes Mts. of Moon c. 1780 map New York electric light companys

electric light companys

Period bindings are all very worn

lacks original title label

Paper is heavily well toned

) are the first appearances in print for the articles quoted

North Africa Egypt Fictional Nile Source Two Lakes Mts. of Moon c. 1780 map New York electric light companysDe l'Egypte, De la Nubie & De l'Abissinie. (Old Maps, 18th Century Maps, Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, Red Sea, Nile River, Mountains of the Moons, Fictional Nile Source). Issued c. 1780, Paris (likely by Desnos). Of historical interest for the Nile source being shown as two giant lakes at the base of the apocryphal Mountains of the Moon. Fine antique engraved map printed in late 18th century France. With original hand