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| Keywords: 1794 Anville Map of Ancient Egypt - Geographicus - Egypt-anville-1794.jpg A large and dramatic 1794 J B B D'Anville map of Ancient Egypt Covers from the Nile Delta and Gaza south as far as Aswan Details mountains rivers cities roadways and lakes with political divisions highlighted in outline color Features both ancient and contemporary place names ie Thebae and Luxor for each destination - an invaluable resource or scholars of antiquity Identifies the Pyramids Mount Sinai Natron Philae Island the Cataracts etc Title area appears in a raised zone above the map proper Includes six distance scales bottom left referencing various measurement systems common in antiquity Text in Latin and English Drawn by J B B D'Anville in 1762 and published in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle London 1794 dated Size in 12 5 20 object history credit line accession number Egypt-anville-1794 D'Anville J B B <i>Complete Body of Ancient Geography</i> Laurie and Whittle London 1795 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Old maps of Egypt 1765 maps Maps of Ancient Egypt Maps in Latin | ||||
