1639 Jansson Original Antique Map of Africa - The Myth of Emperor Prestor John Military which developed into a castle

which developed into a castle complex

The name Lanzhou was reestablished

It raised a local defence force that eventually played a significant role in the Second Boer War in South Africa

costumes and occupations

Strand Cross was a famous site and it is recorded that in the thirteenth century the local magistrates held their assizes in front of it

1639 Jansson Original Antique Map of Africa - The Myth of Emperor Prestor John Military which developed into a castleTitle : Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium Date : 1639 Size: 24in x 20in (610mm x 510mm) Ref #: 70712 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original antique map of Central and NE Africa the mythical land of Emperor Prestor John was published in the 1639 French Edition of Mercator's Atlas publsihed by Mercators successors Jan Jansson & Henricus Hondius. This map was