Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie

Old coloured map of Egypt. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

Reference 12451

Description

Old coloured map of the Northeast of Africa with the Arabian Peninsula after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier edition of the detailed map by G. de l'Isle. With the eastern Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. In the southeast Ethiopia and Somalia, in the southwest up to Equatorial Guinea, in the centre with Egypt.

Details

Cartographer	Guillaume de l'Isle
Title	Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie
Publisher, Year	Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Plate Size	49.5 x 57.5 cm (19.5 x 22.6 inches)
Sheet Size	53.0 x 63.0 cm (20.9 x 24.8 inches)

Condition

Lower centrefold backed. Very good condition with old outline colour. Never framed before.

Cartographer

The de L'Isle family was one of the most influential Geographers of the early 18th century in France. Claude de L'Isle, born 1644, had four sons, of which Guillaume was the most notable. Guillaume was born 1675 and became member of the Académie Royale des Sciences with the age of twenty-seven, and was honoured later with the title Premier Géographe du Roi. His largest project, the Atlas de Géographie, was published until 1774 in Paris and Amsterdam (Covens and Mortier). He died in 1726.

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Old coloured map of Egypt. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

Egypt - de l'Isle, Guillaume - Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie