1699, Pretty Jesuit Map Of North Africa, Period Edition And Hand Colors

Beautiful map of the North of the African continent, due to the famous Jesuit cartographer Scherer, printed and nicely hand colored in Munich, who edited the Atlas Novus.
Nice cartridge with emblematic animals.
There are some funny inaccuracies as to the likely sources of the Nile, but the mind travels through these pretty, three-century-old dreams of discovery in surprise.
Dimensions: copper: 35cm x 23.5cm, sheet: 41cm x 27cm.
Condition: Superb, the paper is firm, slightly insolated, no or few spots, no folds .... still fresh polychromy, see our detailed photos,
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