1525 Laurent Fries Antique Map NE Africa Red Sea, Egypt, Nile River Delta, Libya Sold Title : Erpach Comitatus

Title : Erpach Comitatus

Raleigh and his associates immediately associated Manoa and Lake Parima with the golden kingdom of El Dorado

The first detailed published map to show any part of Queensland (Tully)

as well as secure water for his crew

The map is based on Christian van Adricham's 1590 map Situs Terrae Promissionis

1525 Laurent Fries Antique Map NE Africa Red Sea, Egypt, Nile River Delta, Libya Sold Title : Erpach ComitatusTitle : Libyae Interioris Pars. Tabula III Aphricae Ref #: 93378 Size: 22 1 2in x 16 1 2in (565mm x 420mm) Date : 1525 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This rare very early original wood block engraved antique Ptolemaic map of North East Africa from The Red Sea, Egypt, The Nile Delta & Libya by Laurent Fries was published by in the 1525 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemys Geographia Striking early map of North Africa and Egypt, from the Red Sea,