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Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Petrus Kaeirus Cela:vit. By Gerard Mercator
1610 Gerard Mercator
Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Petrus Kaeirus Cela:vit.
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Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Petrus Kaeirus Cela:vit.
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Amterdam / 1610 circa
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8 x 5.5 inches
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Nice example of Mercator's map of the Kingdom of Prester John, from the Mercator Minor Atlas.

Shows towns, rivers, mountain, lakes, islands, etc.

A fine example of one of the great myth maps of the early 17th Century.  

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