Lot 1034: WOLFE, JOHN.

A discription of Aegipt from Cair downeward. London: Wolfe, [1598]. Copper-engraved map, on two sheets, joined, 617 x 434 mm. Backed, repairing a stub tear, some small losses at edges and fold intersections; pale browning, chiefly to left half.

From the English edition of van Linschoten's Itinerario, covers most of Africa. Includes the depiction of large central lakes (populated with sea-horses) as the sources of the Nile and other principal rivers in Africa.