Vincenzo Coronelli, 1692
‘Abissinia dove sono le Fonti del Nilo’, from the Corso Geografico Universale, Venice
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Coronelli was a Venetian who rose to become head of the Franciscan order, and probably the best-known Italian cartographer. This map, which derives from Ludolf, usefully compares the current and more accurate geography of Ethiopia and the Nile with previous attempts by Ortelius, Mercator and others.
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