UGANDA/EAST AFRICA: 'Dragons', in the Mountains of the Moon. MALLET, 1683

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'Dragons'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Allain Manesson Mallet. Provenance: "Description de l'Univers, contenant les differents systemes du Monde, les Cartes generales & particulieres de la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne: Les Plans & les Profils des principales Villes & des autres lieux considerables de la Terre; avec les portraits de Souverains qui y commandent, leurs Blasons, Titres & Livrees: Et les Moeurs, Religions, Gouvernements & divers habillemens de chaque Nation", dedie'e au Roy, par Allain Manesson Mallet. Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, Rue S. Jacques, MDCLXXXIII [First edition, Paris, 1683]. Type: Original 17th century copperplate print. The illustration shows "dragons" which were believed to live in the Mountains of the Moon, reported by Diogenes to be the source of the Nile in East Africa. The mountains now known as the "Mountains of the Moon" are located in Uganda, although these may not be the same mountains referred to by Diogenes.

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Size: 1427px × 2403px
Location: Uganda
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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