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Africae Nova descriptio Impensis Henrici Seile...

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Africae Nova descriptio Impensis Henrici Seile 1652

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London / 1652

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17 x 13.5 inches

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Hand Colored

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Early English Map of Africa

Nice example of Henri Seile's map of Africa, first issued in 1652.

The map has been reengraved 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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