ABYSSINIA: Source of the Blue Nile, Ethiopia. Lake Tana. Nil. MALLET, 1683 map

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'Sources du Nil'. 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 map. The map shows the route and source of the Blue Nile through what is now north west Ethiopia. The province of "Goyam" (now Gojjam) is marked. The source of the White Nile note having been discovered until the 19th century and confirmed by Henry Morton Stanley as Lake Victoria. Lake Tana is shown as "Bed Lac". A number of orthodox monasteries are shown.

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Size: 1448px × 2362px
Location: Ethiopia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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