Historic Map : Bonne Map of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Sudan and The Red Sea, 1771, Vintage Wall Art Colosseum in art - Exterior Nautical Chart Mare Island Strait

Nautical Chart Mare Island Strait

Southern Luzon

The Country of The Illinois "Mississippi River near Missouri

Covers the modern day nations of Turkey

each wind is personified by a figure bearing the racial characteristics associated with the region or direction represented

Historic Map : Bonne Map of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Sudan and The Red Sea, 1771, Vintage Wall Art Colosseum in art - Exterior Nautical Chart Mare Island StraitA beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1771 map of Nubia and Abyssinia. Covers from Aswan, Egypt south along the Nile river to include all of modern day Sudan, Ethiopia, Eretria, Djibouti and Somalia. Also includes parts of neighboring Arabia across the Red Sea. This is a fairly advanced map revealing the cartographic sophistication of the Abyssinian Empire. Shows the Blue Nile flowing correctly into Lake Dambea (Lake Tana) from the south. Notes