1639 Jansson Original Antique Map of Africa - The Myth of Emperor Prestor John Celestial The temple also contains one

The temple also contains one thousand life-size statues of the Thousand Armed Kannon which stand on both the right and left sides of the main statue in 10 rows and 50 columns

Walker was engraver to the empress Catherine the Great 1729 - 1796 and encouraged Atkinson to study art

fled to England

and the southern Mediterranean Coast (Barbary) were well known to europeans since antiquity and D Anvilles accurate mapping of these regions reflects continual contact

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1639 Jansson Original Antique Map of Africa - The Myth of Emperor Prestor John Celestial The temple also contains oneTitle : Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium Date : 1639 Size: 24in x 20in (610mm x 510mm) Ref #: 70712 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original antique map of Central and NE Africa the mythical land of Emperor Prestor John was published in the 1639 French Edition of Mercator's Atlas publsihed by Mercators successors Jan Jansson & Henricus Hondius. This map was