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Stock# 105717
Description
Early English Map of Africa
Nice example of this early English map of Africa, first issued in 1652.
The present example appeared in the 1666 edition of Heylyn's Cosmography in Four Books, and bears the imprint of Philip Chetwind, the publisher.
The map has been engraved by William Trevethen, one of the first maps of Africa engraved, printed and published in England.
Peter Heylyn Biography
Peter Heylen, clergyman and geography, was a Royalist who was forced to follow Charles into exile in 1642. Besides writing religious tracts against the Puritans, he devoted himself to his Geography, first pubished in 1621, then expanded into his Cosmography, first published in 1652.
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