(Africa) Carte De La Barbarie De La Nigritie Et De La Guinee...,Guillaume De Lisle, c. 1700 A fine engraving for the great empires of West and Northern Africa. Hand color helps distinguish both national and provincial borders which seamlessly abutt from one region to the next. Does note major towns, rivers and major mountain chains throughout, with generous notations for peoples. While coastal detail is articulate, it becomes clear that the interiors, especially in the Kingdom of Benin, and others becomes more primitive the further you look. Condition is good with some overall age toning to the sheet, light discoloration to the centerfold, and some marginal small points of worming, but only a few.
