The Canary Islands.
J. Kip fecit.
[London: Lintot and Osborn, 1746.]
Engraving. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼") large margins. Folded as issued, toning to edges.
Five coastal profiles, including Lazerote, Tenerife and Grand Canaria, illustrations from Jean Barbot's 'A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea; and of Ethiopia Inferior, vulgarly Angola...', as published in Volume V of 'Churchill's Voyages and Travels'. A French explorer, Barbot made two voyages to West Africa in 1678 and 1681 but, after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, he sought sanctuary in England from anti-protestant persecution.
[Ref: 45658] £140.00
[London: Lintot and Osborn, 1746.]
Engraving. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼") large margins. Folded as issued, toning to edges.
Five coastal profiles, including Lazerote, Tenerife and Grand Canaria, illustrations from Jean Barbot's 'A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea; and of Ethiopia Inferior, vulgarly Angola...', as published in Volume V of 'Churchill's Voyages and Travels'. A French explorer, Barbot made two voyages to West Africa in 1678 and 1681 but, after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, he sought sanctuary in England from anti-protestant persecution.
[Ref: 45658] £140.00