Map or Atlas
Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum five Presbiteriioannis Imperium

Engraved and hand-colored map of Ethiopia, from Blaeu's General Atlas. Map title is framed by a man and a woman, both wearing head turbans, who are standing on the left and right. Two naked child servants are perched on top of the title column shielding the man and woman from the sun with parasols. The woman is holding the hand of another naked child, while gesturing towards the map title. |
Image ID: | 105016 |
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Creation Date: | 1696 |
Creator Name: | Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 |
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Collection Name: | Map Collection |
Genre: | Map or Atlas |
Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
Original Format Number: | T GZ 1696 A |
Original Dimensions: | 56 cm |
Birds |
Elephants |
Monkeys |
Engraving |
Clothing and dress |
Shoes |
Umbrellas |
Islands |
Land |
Mountains |
Africans |
Children |
Men |
Women |
Ocean |
Rivers |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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