Cartes et Figures du Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie

BRUCE, James

Published by Paris. chez Plassan, Imprimeur-Libraire. 1792

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4to., 28cm., being 3 (of 4) large copper engraved folding maps & 69 copper engraved plates (maps, views, plants, birds, animals) a few folded, and 7 leaves with Ethiopian text, index of plates, in contemporary quarter black calf, gilt titles, gilt and blind decorations in the panels, marbled boards, wear on the board edges and some surface peeling, internally sound and clean, generally very good condition.(cgc). This copy issued without the map of Bruce's Voyage; which is not uncommon. The 3 maps included "Carte du Golfe D'Arabie" & "Carte de L'Extemite Mericlionaice L'Afrique.1777, 1778, 1770" & "Carte . route. Les Flottes de Salomen". Liste Des Planches. Qui sont expliquees dans le Tome V des Voyages de Bruce. Atlas was to accompany the French edition published in 1790 and 1792 of the Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie et en Abyssinie, p. in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772, of the Scottish voyage of James Bruce and of, Paterson's Voyage to the Hotts intots and James Bruce travelled over a large part of Ethiopia for 4 years, in search of the true sources of the Nile. He thought he had discovered them, when it was only the Nile of Abyssinia, also called the Blue Nile, Bah-rel-Azrek, or incore Abai, already described by his predecessors. His account was shunned by the public at the time of its publication, so much did the facts described in it provoke doubt and perplexity among the scholars and explorers of the world. The veracity of his account was only belatedly recognized, thanks to the travellers Combes, Tamisier, and L on De la Borde, with the certain exception of his discovery of the sources of the Nile. The atlas includes 88plates showing fauna, flora, costumes, antiquities and views of the countries visited, as well as 4 large fold-out maps. Plates 1 to 68 deal with James Bruce's journey, the others with Paterson's.

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Title: Cartes et Figures du Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie
Publisher: Paris. chez Plassan, Imprimeur-Libraire. 1792

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