Africa Ethiopia and Congo Madagascar old map, Claude Buffier 1744
Title: AFRICA
Description: Africa. Antique copper plate map is hand colored, with vibrant shades of green, blue, yellow and red. The map also shows many of the major cities and Kingdoms of the time.
Publisher: Claude Buffier was actually more renowned as a French philosopher and historian than as a cartographer. He was born on May 25, 1661, in Poland, and died on May 17, 1737, in Paris. Buffier was a Jesuit priest known for his contributions to the fields of philosophy, history, and education.
Image app.: 13.75 x 10.25 inches. 13.5 x 17 cm, plus borders. Condition: A good example of an antique map with some marginal imperfections.
