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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of Nubia, Sudan and Abyssinia - Geographicus - Abyssinia-pinkerton-1818.jpg Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of Nubia and Abyssinia Covers from Darfur east to the Gulf of Aden and from Aswan south to Gingiro Includes the modern day countries of Sudan Ethiopia and Eretria as well as parts of Djibouti Kenya Egypt Yemen and Saudi Arabia This map is centered on the southern reaches of the Nile River Shows the division of the Nile in modern day Sudan between the White Nile which flows slightly westward and the Blue Nile which flows slightly eastward The Blue Nile had by this time been traced to its source Lake Tana in the relatively well mapped Christian kingdom of Abyssinia The White Nile is shown originating the Mountains of the Moon in the extreme lower left quadrants of this map The Mountains of the Moon were an apocryphal source for the Nile River speculated upon by as early as Herodotus but more commonly by the second century geographer Claudius Ptolemy It is a curious decision on the part of Pinkerton to keep the Mountains of the Moon as a source of the White Nile but abandon the associated lake theory that ultimately proved to have some relation to reality Pinkerton offers numerous interesting notes and commentary throughout Near the split of the White and Blue Niles Pinkerton correctly identifies the Supposed Ancient Island of Meroe were today little known but magnificent ancient pyramids were built in imitation of the Egyptian work at Giza Also notes the site where the Portuguese found King David Encamped in 1520 - no doubt referring to one of the many Abyssinian Kings of that name Also notes the important desert caravan route with its many oases between Accad and Aswan Upper right hand quadrant features title plate and a scale in British Miles Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 20 object history credit line accession number Abyssinia-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of Ethiopia 1818 maps Old maps of Eritrea Old maps of Sudan Maps in English | ||||
