An early English chart of the entrance to the Red Sea
A Chart of the Straits of Babelmandell and Moha. By Sam.l Thornton at the signe of England Scotl.d and Ireland in the Minories London.
London: Samuel Thornton, c. 1711. Coloured. 440 x 545mm.
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A rare chart of Bab al-Mandab Strait, the mouth of the Red Sea, published in 'The English Pilot, the Third Book'.
Also shown is Mocha, at the time an important port because of the coffee trade, importing beans from Africa.
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Trimmed into plate, remargined with mss. fill.Related products
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