Willem Blaeu, 1635
‘Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium’, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
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Blaeu was one of the leading Dutch cartographical publishers of the mid-17th century, though his maps, including this one, were very largely copied from those already published. His elephants, however, are delightful.
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