Dapper’s Plan of Cairo Edition_first French edition original green paper wrappers

original green paper wrappers

but the date and privilege have been erased on our example of the map

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maps tell many stories

Dapper’s Plan of Cairo Edition_first French edition original green paper wrappersDappers plan of Cairo follows Matteo Paganos magnificent 21 sheet wall map, published in Venice in 1549. Cairo was one of the great trading centres of the early modern world, and Venice was Cairos principal European trading partner. Most western map makers, including Braun & Hogenberg, used Pagano as a base map until Pierre Jacotin surveyed Cario for Napoleon during the French occupation 250 years later. Dapper takes Pagano's viewpoint, from the west