(AFRICA) Two hand colored engraved maps

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(AFRICA.) Two hand-colored engraved maps. Vp, vd

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Schenk & Valk. Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium. Double-page engraved map of central/eastern Africa, i.e. the mythical kingdom of Prester John. 16 1/2x20 3/4 inches sheet size, ample margins; original hand-color in outline; very nice. Amsterdam, circa 1700.

Bowen, Emanuel. A New & Accurate Map of Negroland and the Adjacent Countries. Engraved folding map of western Africa. 16 1/2x21 inches sheet size, wide margins; hand-colored; binding edge at left, generally very nice. London, circa 1744.