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Maker(s):Blaeu, Willem
Culture:Dutch (1571-1638)
Title:Aethiopia Inferior, 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 1/8 in; 54.61 cm x 63.8175 cm; plate: 15 in x 19 5/8 in; 38.1 cm x 49.8475 cm; image: 14 7/8 in x 19 1/2 in; 37.7825 cm x 49.53 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.661
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Bifolium. First page is titled "AETHIOPIA INFERIOR" followed by two columns of text in Latin beginning with the decorated initial "I" and conitnues onto the fourth page (the left side of the sheet when open) and ends with foliate decorations in triangle. The sheet opens to a full-page map with delicate hand-coloring

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maps

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