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Maker(s):Blaeu, Willem
Culture:Dutch (1571-1638)
Title:Aethiopia Superior, from the Teatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus
Date Made:1635
Type:Map; Print
Materials:Engraving with hand coloring
Place Made:Europe; Netherlands; Holland; Amsterdam
Measurements:sheet: 21 1/2 in x 25 in; 54.61 cm x 63.5 cm; plate: 15 3/16 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.57625 cm x 50.165 cm; image: 15 1/16 in x 19 1/2 in; 38.25875 cm x 49.53 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.660
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Bifolium. First page is titled "REGNVM. ABISSINORVM.". Two columns of text in Latin which goes onto fourth page (when open it is adjacent page to left). The text begins with the decorated initial "I" and ends with similar foliate decoration in triangle. The pages open up to a full-page map that is delicately hand-colored.

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maps

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