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| Keywords: 1771 Bonne Map of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Sudan and the Red Sea - Geographicus - Abissine-bonne-1771.jpg A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1771 map of Nubia and Abyssinia Covers from Aswan Egypt south along the Nile river to include all of modern day Sudan Ethiopia Eretria Djibouti and Somalia Also includes parts of neighboring Arabia across the Red Sea This is a fairly advanced map revealing the cartographic sophistication of the Abyssinian Empire Shows the Blue Nile flowing correctly into Lake Dambea Lake Tana from the south Notes numerous important cataracts on the Blue Nile The White Nile who's course is more mysterious acts as a kind of western border for this map with only vague notations regarding the African empires lying on its western shores Names numerous Nubian and Ethiopian cities and monasteries as well as the location of Mecca across the Red Sea A fine map of the region Drawn by R Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no A 20 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne 1771 dated Size in 17 12 object history credit line accession number Abissine-bonne-1771 Lattre Jean <i>Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre</i> c 1775 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Rigobert Bonne Maps of the Red Sea 1771 maps 1770s maps of Africa Old maps of Ethiopia Old maps of Sudan Egyptian Halayeb Triangle in 1771 | ||||
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