ancient Egypt Sudan Nubia Red Sea Nile River 1850 Cowperthwait Mitchell map Travel & Tourism 13 3/4" H x 11

13 3/4" H x  11 1/8" W

beautiful houses

tear into frontis neatly closed on reverse with archival tape and now easy to miss

marbled boards & endpapers

first leaf torn across top (to remove owners name)

ancient Egypt Sudan Nubia Red Sea Nile River 1850 Cowperthwait Mitchell map Travel & Tourism 13 3/4" H x 11Egypt &c. (Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Nubia, Nile River, Cairo, Red Sea). Issued 1850 Philadelphia by Cowperthwait for S. A. Mitchell. Lovely mid 19th century engraved and lithographed map with original hand color. Mitchell maps of this mid century era were issued with a range of color as well as variant decorative borders. Close inspection reveals an interesting assortment of historical notes, tribes, natural