1719 Chatelain Large Antique Map of Barbary Coast, North Africa Morocco to Libya Farming Plate area: - 13in repair

Plate area: - 13in repair to bottom left sheet

Plate size: - 23 1/2in x 13 1/2in (595mm x 340mm)

His illustrations proved to be highly influential

He was able to pass on useful information to James Cook who was due to depart shortly for the Pacific

although normally engravers copied other expensive engravings rather than the cheaper woodcuts

1719 Chatelain Large Antique Map of Barbary Coast, North Africa Morocco to Libya Farming Plate area: - 13in repairTitle : Description Du Nil. Des Sources de son Cours Depuis Les Catactes. Size: 20in x 17 1 2in (510mm x 440mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1719 Ref #: 50651 Description: This large original copper plate engraved antique print of views of the Pyramids, ruins and the Nile River, speculating on the source (not known until the mid 19th century) was published by Henri Abraham Chatelain in 1719, in his famous Atlas Historique. General