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Aegyptus Hodierna - Antique map

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Egypt. "Aegyptus Hodierna". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. With title above the map and large cartouche on the left. 57:47 cm.

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Homann, Johann Baptist

Homann, Johann Baptist

Nürnberg

1720

Egypt. "Aegyptus Hodierna". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. With title above the map and large cartouche (the Sphinx, pyramids, various antiquities, scenes of embalming, and ancient furnaces) on the left. 57:47 cm.

A map of the flow of the Nile (eastern part of Egypt) from the confluence of the White and Blue Nile near Aswan to the mouth into the Mediterranean Sea.


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