Lorenz Fries

[Africa] Tabula IIII. Aphricae. Hae Sunt E Cognitis Totius Orbis . . . (title on verso)

      One of the earliest obtainable modern maps of Africa, based upon the work of Waldseemuller.    Prester John in depicted sitting on a throne in the area where his kingdom was believed to exist.  Nice depiction of the supposed course of the Nile and other early conjectural and mythcial information about the interior of Africa. (Vienna, 1525) [color: Hand Colored, size: 19 x 13.5 inches, condition: VG]