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John Speed, Africae, described the manners of their habits, and buildings...; later hand-coloured map, engraved by Abraham Goos, with eight inset views of important cities including Alexandria, Tangier and Tunis to top horizontal margin, the side...

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John Speed, Africae, described the manners of their habits, and buildings...; later hand-coloured map, engraved by Abraham Goos, with eight inset views of important cities including Alexandria, Tangier and Tunis to top horizontal margin, the side margins with engravings of indigenous people, originally published by Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell in 1676, 31 x 51.5cm Note: This is one of the first maps of Africa to be prepared by an English cartographer and contains a number of inaccuracies, including fictitious mountains, rivers and lakes.
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John Speed, Africae, described the manners of their habits, and buildings...; later hand-coloured map, engraved by Abraham Goos, with eight inset views of important cities including Alexandria, Tangier and Tunis to top horizontal margin, the side margins with engravings of indigenous people, originally published by Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell in 1676, 31 x 51.5cm Note: This is one of the first maps of Africa to be prepared by an English cartographer and contains a number of inaccuracies, including fictitious mountains, rivers and lakes.
Please refer to department for condition report

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