Presbiteri Iohannes, sive, Abissinorvm Imperii descriptio

Physical description: 1 map : hand colored ; 35 x 41 cm

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Call number	Status
G8200 1588 .O7	In-library use

Description

Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Contributor: Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589.

Subjects

Subject: Lebna-Dengel, Negus of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 > Maps > Early works to 1800.; Africa, Northeast > Maps > Early works to 1800.; Ethiopia > Maps > Early works to 1800.; Ethiopia > Description and travel.

Local subject: The Sharon K. Brauman Map Collection

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 1588
Title Variation: Presbiteri Johannes, sive, Abissinorum Imperii descriptio; Abissinorvm Imperii descriptio; Abissinorum Imperii descriptio; Title on verso: Abissine ov l'empire de Prestre Iean; Abissine ou l'empire de Prestre Iean; [Antwerp : Christophe Plantin, 1588?]
Map Data: Scale [ca. 1:15 200 000]
Note: Cartouche at upper left includes 17 lines of text about Ethiopia and northeast Africa.; On verso text in French: "Abissinne, ou l'empire de Prestre Iean. no. 99"; Relief shown pictorially.

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