MAP OF AFRICA. 



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Upon it the principal cities are indicated by a roughly sketched 

 house or church; the government is denoted by a picture of a 

 king, closely resembling the royal gentry in a pack of cards; 

 while flags, planted at intervals, indicate boundary lines and 

 frontier posts. The winds are represented by fabulous divinities 

 sitting round the world upon leathern bottles, whose sides they 

 are pressing to force out the air. The celebrated statue of the 

 Canaries is often seen flourishing his club at the top of his tower. 



MAP OF AFRICA DRAWN IN THE YEAR 1497. 



Abyssinia figures with its Prester John, his head being adorned 

 with a brilliant mitre. Other kingdoms are marked out by 

 portraits of their kings in richly embroidered costumes. The 

 inhabitants of Africa, in maps of the world, are represented as 

 giraffes, black men, and elephants. Portuguese camps are de- 

 noted by colored tents, while groups of light cavalry, splendidly 

 caparisoned, dotting the territory at numerous points, indicate 

 that the Portuguese army is making the tour of that mysterious 



continent. These quaint specimens of chartographical art are, 

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