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Horn of Africa: Ethiopia and Somalia (Africa)
Stefano Bonsignori1579
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads: "The ancients wrote few things about the Troglodyte land and so inhuman that generate horror. Some people of this land are faithful to the law of Christ and some to that of Mohammed. They are under the rulership of the great prince of the Ethiopian called Priest John. The Portoguese took over a number of lands along these shores." Photo: Rabatti&Domingie
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- Title: Horn of Africa: Ethiopia and Somalia (Africa)
- Creator Lifespan: 1589
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Firenze
- Creator Birth Place: Firenze
- Date Created: 1579
- cartographer: Stefano Bonsignori
- Theme: map
- Physical Dimensions: w115 x h117 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Corno d'Africa: Etiopia e Somalia (Africa)
- Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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