Africa - Speed - 1627
Title: Africae, described the manners of their Habits, and buildige: newly done into English.
Place published / Year: London, 1627
Mapmaker / Publisher: John Speed.
Technique: Modern reproduction on laid paper, with descriptive text on the reverse and a fold in the middle (as the original was published).
Size (exc. margins): 39.4 x 51.3 cm.
Decorative map published by John Speed for his atlas: A prospect of the most famous parts of the world (published in London, 1627). Map of Africa (continent) with a decorative border depicting: Tanger, Genta, Alger, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, Mozambique, Canaria.
Size (exc. margins):
39.4 x 51.3 cm.
Technique:
Modern reproduction in black and white on laid paper (with fold in the middle).