St. Helena.

London. Image size 12 x 9 1/2ins.1670

Stock Status: In Stock
£120
Unique

Description

Original copper engraved map, taken from John Ogilby's book Africa, (mostly derived from Cavendish), -being an accurate description of the regions of ?gypt, Barbary, Libya ... with all the adjacent islands ... Collected and translated from the most authentick authors and augmented with later observations, etc-. The map portrays the island as square in outline. Locations on the northwest side of the island are keyed to numbers and named in Dutch (bottom left) and English (top right). Napoleone di Buonaparte; (1769 -1821) was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena, after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

Technical Data

Author Ogilby, John. (Antique Map.)
Reference Number 7583